Shakespearean Sonnets Quiz

Which of the following is an example of Iambic Pentameter?

• If MU | sic BE | the FOOD | of LOVE, | play ON

• TELL me | NOT in | MOURNful | NUMBers

• And the sound | of a voice | that is still

• This is the | forest pri | meval, the | murmuring | pine and the | hemlocks

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What is a “quatrain”?

• Two lines of verse that rhyme and have the same meter

• A 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter

• Repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more syllables

• Four lines of rhyming poetry

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What is a “Shakespearean sonnet”?

• A line of poetry consisting of 10 syllables (5 feet) of iambs (unstressed, stressed)

• A 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter

• A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

• A division of poem based on thought or form

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“ABAB CDCD EFEF GG” is the ____ of a typical English/Shakespearean sonnet.

• Rhyme Scheme/Pattern

• Meter

• Iambic Pentameter

• Tragic Foot

What is a “couplet”?

• Two lines of verse that rhyme and have the same meter

• A 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter

• Repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more syllables

• Two lines of rhyming poetry

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Count the syllables in this word: ETERNAL

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Count the syllables in this word: THOU ART MORE LOVELY

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

A Shakespearean sonnet contains ____ lines.

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

Although a sonnet contains only one stanza, its structure has ____ “parts”.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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The last “part” of a sonnet contains ____ lines.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4