Shakespearean Sonnet
What is the term for the last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet, which often contain a twist or resolution?
couplet
What does the "penta" in pentameter mean?
5
A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully patterned rhyme scheme.
Sonnet
Lines in a sonnet
14
What is a turn/volta?
the shift in tone or perspective that occurs in the poem.
What does iamb mean?
Feet
What is a group of lines chunked together in a poem.
Stanza
Lines in a quatrain
4
How many couplets are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
1
How many lines are in a sestet?
6
What is the rhythmical pattern in a poem called?
Meter
Two or more words or lines with corresponding final sounds
Rhyme
Syllables in one line of verse when using iambic pentameter
10
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG
What is the typical rhyme scheme of an Italian sonnet?
abbaabba, cdcdcd
How can we figure out how many syllables a line of verse has?
Clap it out
A line of verse composed of ten syllables arranged in five metrical feet (iambs), each of which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Iambic Pentameter
Iambs/feet in one line of verse when using iambic pentameter.
5
In what meter is a Shakespearean sonnet written?
Iambic Pentameter
What is another name for an Italian Sonnet?
a Petrarchan Sonnet
What are the two kinds of syllables in an iamb?
Stressed and unstressed
Rhyme Scheme
Syllables in one foot/iamb
2