Sonnet Flashcard

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What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?

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Alliteration

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How many lines are in a sonnet?

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14

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What is the structure of an English/Shakespearean Sonnet?

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Three quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summary.

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What do we call a change in tone, subject, or theme between the second and fourth quatrains of a sonnet?

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turn/Volta

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What is a type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet?

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English/Shakespearean Sonnet

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What is a Petrarchan Sonnet?

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A type of sonnet that consists of an octave followed by a sestet.

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What is a quatrain?

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A stanza of four lines, often with alternating rhymes.

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What is a couplet?

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A pair of consecutive lines of verse that usually rhyme.

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What is the purpose of a volta in a sonnet?

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To signal a shift in the argument or theme.

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What is iambic pentameter?

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A metrical pattern in poetry consisting of five iambs per line, each iamb being an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.