Shakespearean Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Rhythm and Rhyme
Vocabulary
How Many...?
100
The number of couplets in a Shakespearean sonnet.
1
100
The number of lines in a octave.
8
100
Formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings and has a musical quality developed through intentional use of rhythm and rhyme.
Lyric
100
The name of a 14 line lyric poem usually in iambic pentameter.
Sonnet
100
Number of lines in a couplet
2
200
The number of quatrains in a Shakespearean sonnet.
3
200
The number of lines in a sestet.
6
200
The repetition of the initial consonant sound in several words in a line of poetry.
alliteration
200
A group of lines forming the basic recurring unit in a poem.
Stanza
200
Number of lines in a quatrain?
4
300
Another name for the Shakespearean Sonnet
English Sonnet
300
Another name for the Petrarchan sonnet.
Italian Sonnet
300
The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity to one another.
consonance
300
A comparison of two unlikely items or a clever and elaborate, extended metaphor.
Conceit
300
Number of syllables in an iamb.
2
400
The poet who wrote sonnets using the rhyme pattern abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Spenser
400
The turn or shift in tone that occurs after the problem is introduced but before it is resolved.
Volta
400
The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity to one another.
Assonance
400
The continuation of a thought without a pause at the end of a line of poetry.
Enjambment
400
Number of iambs in iambic pentameter.
5
500
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet.
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500
The person about whom Petrarch wrote most of his sonnets.
Laura
500
When words sound the same but do not rhyme perfectly.
Near rhyme
500
The pattern in which the line endings are arranged in a poem or stanza
Rhyme Scheme or Rhyme Pattern
500
Total number of syllables in one line of iambic pentameter.
10
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