Sonnets
An English Sonnet consists of how many lines?
14
What year did he die?
1616
What season is used to represent old age?
Autumn (fall)
What literary device compares aging to seasons and fire?
Metaphor
What meter are Shakespearian sonnets written in?
Iambic Pentameter
What year was he born?
1594
What does sunset turning into night represent?
The end of life
What device is used when the same idea of aging appears again and again?
Imagery
Sonnets consist of three _____ and a final ____
three quatrains and a final couplet
Who was his wife?
Anne Hathaway (Mrs. Gruener in 2025)
What does the poem say happens to love as time passes?
It grows stronger
What device gives deeper meaning to things like night and fire?
Symbolism
How many lines are in an octave?
8
Romeo and Juliet
What is the speaker realizing about his life?
He is growing old and nearing death
What kind of tone does the poem have?
Reflective and sad
How many lines are in a sestet?
6
What city did Shakespeare work in most of his life?
London
Why is time important in the poem?
It makes love more meaningful
What sound device is used in repeated phrases like “In me thou seest”?
Repetition