Sonnet Structure
Sonnets are written in __________ pentameter.
What is iambic?
Pent means...
What is five?
All sonnets have _____ lines.
What is 14?
____________ brought Petrarch’s work to England by translating his sonnets.
Who is Thomas Moore?
How many stanzas does a Shakespearean sonnet have?
What is three?
A sonnet has ______ syllable per line.
What is ten?
U is a ___________ syllable.
/ is a ____________ syllable.
What is unstressed and stressed?
The first eight lines of an Italian sonnet rhyme scheme are...
What is ABBA ABBA?
_______________ loved the Italian sonnets so much that he decided to steal it and make it his own...SHOCKER!
Who is William Shakespeare?
A Shakespearean sonnet ends with a rhyming...
What is a couplet?
Romeo and Juliet is written in _____________ which is iambic pentameter that does not rhyme.
What is blank?
Sonnets were the first traditional __________ songs.
What is love?
The last six lines of the Italian sonnet rhyme scheme are...
What is CDECDE or CDCDCD?
William Shakespeare wrote how many sonnets?
What is 154?
Shakespeare's volta shift typically occurs in the ___________ or ___________ quatrains or in rhyming couplet.
What is second or third?
U /
This is called...
What is an iamb?
Poets used iambic pentameter for two reasons.
What is to help actors memorize their lines and create a steady rhythm?
All sonnets contain a ________ shift.
What is a volta?
Petrarch was known for idealizing love and ____________.
What is beauty?
While Shakespeare's sonnets also idealize love and beauty, some of his sonnets contain more ________________ images of love and beauty rather than the lofty romanticized images of Petrarch's works.
What is realistic?
The sonnet form originated in 13th-century Italy but became popular through the work of ____________ (first and last name) during the 14th century.
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
The first eight lines of the Italian sonnet is called the _________.
What is an octave?
The last six lines of the Italian sonnet are called the...
What is a sestet?
In Petrarchan sonnets, the volta occurs between the...
What is octave and sestet?
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?