Sonnet

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

• iambic pentameter

• iambic tetrameter

• trochee pentameter

• trochee tetrameter

Who created the sonnet?

• Petrarch

• Wyatt

• Shakespeare

• Burbage

How many lines are in a sonnet? 

• 12

• 14

• 10

• 16

What is the common theme among Petrarch's poems? 

• Eagerness 

• Carpe Diem 

• Unrequited Love

• Apologies 

What is the purpose of the first quatrain?

• States an idea or theme

• Give examples related to the idea or theme

• Summarize and re-state the theme

• Elaborate on initially established metaphor

What is the purpose of the second and third quatrains?

• States an idea or theme

• Give examples related to the idea or theme

• Summarize and re-state the theme

• Elaborate on initially established metaphor

What is the purpose of the concluding couplet?

• States an idea or theme

• Give examples related to the idea or theme

• Summarize and re-state the theme

• Elaborate on initially established metaphor

Who brought sonnets to England?

• Petrarch

• Wyatt

• Shakespeare

• Burbage

Who made the sonnet form famous?

• Petrarch

• Wyatt

• Shakespeare

• Burbage

A Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division: 

• Eight Lines of problem followed by six lines of solution

• Four quatrains with a problem in the first two and a solution in the second

• Three quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summary

• Fourteen lines that tell a story in chronological order