Shakespearean Sonnet
How many couplets are in the sonnet?
one
How many lines are in an octave?
8
giving objects or animals human-like qualities
personification
a 14 line poem that is in iambic pentameter
Sonnet
Syllables in an iamb?
two
How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
three
How many lines are in a sestet?
six
Jumbo shrimp
oxymoron
What is a group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Lines in a quatrain
four
What does the couplet provide for the sonnet?
answer
What is a volta?
a turn in the meaning
Paula playfully pranced
alliteration
What does the "penta" in pentameter indicate?
5 feet per line.
Iambs in one line of verse?
five
In what meter is a Shakespearean sonnet written?
Iambic Pentameter
When does the volta occur?
After the second quatrain
an extended metaphor
conceit
Type of foot in a sonnet. Two syllables, first soft and the second heavy
Iamb
Syllables in one line of verse
10
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
A play on words: I eyed
pun
What is the pattern of rhyme called in general?
Rhyme Scheme
lines in a sonnet?
14