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Shakespearean
Petrarchan
Iambic Pentameter
Vocabulary
How Many?
100
These sonnets are also called ____?
English
100
Another name for this sonnet is _____?
Italian
100
How many syllables in each line of iambic pentameter?
10
100

The name for a 14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter.

Sonnet

100

How many lines in a sonnet?

14

200
Does this sonnet use quatrains or an octave?
Quatrains
200
These sonnets are named after this man (first and last name)
Francesco Petrarch
200
An "iamb" is also called which body part?
Foot
200

Two lines of verse with rhyming line endings.

Couplet

200

How many lines in a sestet?

6

300

Each quatrain explores one aspect of the sonnet's central _____?

Idea or issue

300
What is the rhyme scheme of the first 8lines?
ABBAABBA
300

Which comes first? stressed or unstressed syllable?

Unstressed

300

The rhyming couplet at the end of Shakespearean sonnets acts as the _____ of the sonnet.

Resolution or conclusion

300

How many lines in an octave?

8

400
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
400
The last six lines of the sonnet will use a variation of which letters?
C, D, E
400

For which 3 reasons does Shakes use iambic pentameter? a. It reflects the natural rhythm of the human heartbeat. b. It is the rhythm most common to our natural way of speaking, stressed and unstressed. c. Shakespeare wanted his reader's heart to match his for understanding. d. It makes the sonnet more fun to listen to. 

a, b, and c

400

What does Shakespeare mean when he says, "love bears it out to the edge of doom"?

Love makes it through all difficulties, death, destruction, and terror.

400

How many lines in a quatrain?

4

500
Finish the line from Sonnet 18: "Shall I ______"
"...compare thee to a summer's day."
500

The ________ separates the problem and resolution. It typically comes between lines 8 and 9.

turn

500

Break this line into proper iambic pentameter. 

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

The world/ is charged/ with the/ grandeur/ of God

500

"Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade" Which literary device is used in this line of poetry? a. alliteration b. metaphor c. allusion d. personification

d. personification

500

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? a. 120 b. 220 c. 154 d. 130

c. 154