English HL Grade 12 - Naledi

A sonnet has how many lines?

• 10
• 12
• 14
• 16

Free verse poetry does not have...

• stanzas
• plot or conflict
• rhyming pattern
• serious topic

How did Shakespeare break tradition when he wrote Sonnet 130?

• He wrote about his pet dog instead of a person to mock tradition. 
• He wrote about someone he hated to show his dislike of typical sonnets. 
• He did not break tradition. He stayed in tradition to show others he could do it. 
• He compared a woman to nature, but said she could not compare to nature's beauty as a way to critique other sonnet's unrealistic comparisons. 

What are English sonnets often called, and why?

• Shakespearean, because he created that sonnet. 
• Shakespearean, because he is the only published poet we have of sonnets.
• Shakespearean, because he is the most well-known sonnet writer. 
• Petrarchan, because he created the sonnet. 

Another name for a Shakespearean sonnet is a(n)...

• Italian Sonnet

• English Sonnet

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Love Sonnet

Sonnet 130 is a bit insulting to the mistress. What would YOU say to or about someone that you love?

Which of the following poems is a parody making fun of another poet's work?

• "Sonnet 130"
• "The White Doe"
• "Sonnet 18"
• "Laura"

When Shakespeare says:
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red.
Shakespeare means...

• Her lips are not red
• Her lips are like coral
• Her lips are coral
• She has no lips, only coral

When Shakespeare says:
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
This is an example of:

• a simile
• a metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom

And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.
This means...

• He believes his love is more true and pure than any than any deceptive insincere demonstration of love he has seen
• He thinks his love is stranger than any phony or superficial demonstration of love he has seen