Shakespearean Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Iambic Pentameter
Vocabulary
How Many...?
100
How many couplets are in a 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 stanzas(lines) in a quatrain?
Four
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
sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
300
What is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet?
English Sonnet
300
What is another name for a Petrarchan sonnet?
Italian Sonnet
300
Unrhyming iambic pentameter?
blank verse
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? Hint *baBOOM
Iambic Pentameter
400
What is the volta?
The turn or shift in tone.
400
Read a line of one of Shakespeare's sonnets in correct Iambic Pentameter...
Shall I comPARE the TO a SUM'mer's DAY
400
What are two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme called? Hint- where Shakespeare's Volta happens the ____
Couplet
400
Syllables in one line of verse
10
500
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500
How did Petrarch's sonnets influence Shakespeare?
His sonnets were pretty much the opposite of Petrarch's (something along those lines)
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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