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Shakespearean Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Sonnet Potpurri
Vocabulary
How Many...?
100

How many couplets are in the 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 lines are in a sestet?
six
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

Lines in a quatrain

four

300
What is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet?
English Sonnet
300
What is another name for a Petrarchan sonnet?
Italian Sonnet
300

What does sonnet mean in Italian?

Sonneto means "little song"

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?
Iambic Pentameter
400
What is the volta?
the turn or shift in tone that occurs after the octave and at the beginning of the sestet
400

What type of poetry is a sonnet called because of its use of rhyme and meter?

Lyric

400
What are two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme called?
Couplet
400
Syllables in one line of verse
10
500
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500
What is introduced in the first 8 lines of the sonnet? What about the last 6 lines?
Problem and Resolution
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