Sonnets

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.

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What do we call an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable?

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Iamb.

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What is the title of the poem that starts with 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'

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Sonnet 18.

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What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile.

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Who wrote 154 Sonnets in the 16th century?

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Shakespeare.

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What is a sonnet?

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A 14-line poem, typically written in iambic pentameter.

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What is iambic pentameter?

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A type of poetic meter with five iambs per line.

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What is a couplet?

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

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What is a quatrain?

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A stanza or poem of four lines.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.