Sonnet

The main message of the poem is the constancy and endlessness of love.
How is this reflected in the form of the poem?

• Because the rhythm of the poem is like a heartbeat

• The poem has 14 lines

• The rhyme scheme of the poem reflects the melody of love

• Because the structure of the sonnet always remains the same like love

The image of an 'ever fixed mark' is that of a ...

• Stain

• Memory

• Lighthouse

• Star

What is the correct rhyme scheme for Sonnet 116?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABBAABBA CDECDE

• ABABBCBCCDCDEE 

• ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

What do the following lines mean:
_{"Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, / But bears it out even to the edge of doom."}

• Time always makes love look foolish

• Physical beauty diminishes 

• Love lasts forever - beyond death

• Love is difficult

A fourteen line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.

• Epic

• Narrative Poem

• Sonnet

• Limerick

Which of the following best describes a sonnet?

• A poem that tells a story

• A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes

• A short poem expressing personal feelings

• A humorous five-line poem with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme

Answer explanation

A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, making it the best description among the options provided.

A poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern. (A Shakespearean is generally written with 10 syllables in each line.)

• form

• sonnet

• consonance

• assonance

A type of poem with 14 lines written in iambic pentameter with 10 syllables per line is:

• iambic pentameter

• a sonnet

• free verse

• third person limited

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 18

• 14

• 13

• 10

What is a sonnet?

• A poem of 14 lines which is strictly written in iambic pentameter

• A poem of four lines which have the same rhyme scheme

• A poem of four stanzas that has a rhyme scheme

• A poem of 14 lines which can have different rhyme schemes