Shakespearean Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Iambic Pentameter
Vocabulary
How Many...?
100
How many couplets are in the sonnet?
one
100
How many lines are in an octave?
8
100
What does the "penta" in pentameter indicate?
5 feet per line.
100
What is 14 line lyric poem usually in iambic pentameter called?
Sonnet
100
Syllables in an iamb?
two
200
How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
three
200
How many lines are in a sestet?
six
200
What is the unit for two syllables that are unstressed and stressed called?
Iamb
200
What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem called?
Stanza
200
Lines in a quatrain
four
300
What is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet?
English Sonnet
300
What is another name for a Petrarchan sonnet?
Italian Sonnet
300
Write the proper scanning annotation on the board for one iamb.
| u / |
300
What is the process of marking the unstressed and stressed syllables to indicate meter called?
Scanning
300
Iambs in one line of verse?
five
400
In what meter is a Shakespearean sonnet written?
Iambic Pentameter
400
What is the volta?
the turn or shift in tone that occurs after the octave and at the beginning of the sestet
400
What is the repeating rhythmic unit used to measure poetry?
Foot
400
What are two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme called?
Couplet
400
Syllables in one line of verse
10
500
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500
What is introduced in the first 8 lines of the sonnet? What about the last 6 lines?
Problem and Resolution
500
What is the rhythmical pattern in a poem called?
Meter
500
What is the pattern in which the rhymed line‐endings are arranged in a poem or stanza called?
Rhyme Scheme
500
lines in a sonnet?
14
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