Sonnets

The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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

• "Sonnet 130"

• "The White Doe"

• "Sonnet 18"

• "Laura"

How many feet are in a pentameter?

• 10

• 11

• 4

• 5

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

Another name for a type of sonnet that consists of an octave and a sestet; a break in thought or a turn comes between the two.

• English Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• None of the above

The first eight lines of a sonnet. It usually asks a question that is answered in the last six lines of the poem.

• Octave

• Sestet

• Couplet

• Quatrain

A type of meter consisting of five sets of syllables in the pattern of unaccented, accented.

• iambic pentameter

• iambic tetrameter

• trochee pentameter

• trochee tetrameter

The last six lines in a sonnet that answer the question posed in the first eight lines.

• quatrain

• couplet

• octave

• sestet

A type of sonnet that consists of an octave and a sestet; a break in thought or a turn comes between the two.

• Italian Sonnet

• English Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• None of the above

A type of sonnet that consists of three quatrains and a couplet, with an interlocking rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

• English Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet