The Shakespearean Sonnet
How many lines does an English sonnet contain?
How many quatrains?
How many couplets?
14
3
1
Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of Sonnet 29?
He feels unlucky and rejected
When Mercutio claims that "dreamers often lie," Romeo cleverly retorts: "In bed asleep, while they do dream things true."
What is this an example of?
A pun
Juliet's suitor who asks Capulet for her hand in marriage.
Paris
humorous or lighthearted scene, character, or dialogue that is introduced in a play to provide a break from intense or serious moments
Comic relief
What is the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What literary device is most commonly used throughout Shakespeare’s sonnets to develop meaning?
metaphor
lines written in iambic pentameter with no rhyme scheme
blank verse
Who delivers this warning to Romeo:
“These violent delights have violent ends,/And in their triumph die, like fire and powder? Which as they kiss consumes.”
Friar Lawrence
an aside
In what rhythm is the English sonnet written?
iambic pentameter
Which theme topics are most commonly found in Shakespearean sonnets?
love, beauty, mortality
What is prose?
Writing with no regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme
Who delivers the Queen Mab speech directed at Romeo to demonstrate the view that dreams are fragile and inconstant?
Mercutio
What is this an example of:
(Juliet says to Romeo, peering down at him from the balcony of her bedroom.)
foreboding
What is the shift or turning point in an English sonnet called?
The Volta
Which Sonnet makes the claim that the beauty of the speaker's beloved will live forever through the lines of the poem?
Sonnet 18
Which pattern reflects iambic pentameter:
A) u/ u/ u/ u/ u/
B) /u /u /u /u /u
C) u//u u//u u//u u//u
A) u/ u/ u/ u/ u/
Who writes a letter to challenge Romeo?
Tybalt
The symbol that represents Juliet's innocence, youth, and beauty, as well as the fragile, fleeting nature of her life and love
What is the "situation" in an English sonnet? Where is it found?
The specific emotional or narrative premise or problem established by the speaker in the first 4 lines of the sonnet.
Which season is primarily used as a metaphor in Sonnet 73
autumn
A soliloquy / monologue is a long speech where a character speaks their inner thoughts aloud to themselves.
soliloquy
What went wrong with Friar Lawrence's plan in the end?
His letter never reached Romeo.
Give an example of dramatic irony in the play.
Answers will vary (Juliet is already married; Juliet is not dead; Juliet cries over Romeo at the same time she cries for Tybalt)