Sonnet Unit Flashcard

Front

What emotion best describes the speaker’s tone in Sidney’s Sonnet 31?

Back

Bitterness

Front

What are the two sections of an Italian sonnet?

Back

Octave and Sestet

Front

What is the first eight lines of a sonnet called?

Back

Octave

Front

What does the speaker suggest about love’s nature in Spenser’s Sonnet 30?

Back

It strengthens in the face of resistance.

Front

What are the last six lines in a sonnet that answer the question posed in the first eight lines called?

Back

Sestet

Front

What is a sonnet?

Back

A 14-line poem typically written in iambic pentameter.

Front

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Back

ABABCDCDEFEFGG.

Front

What is the purpose of the volta in a sonnet?

Back

To indicate a shift in the argument or theme.

Front

What is a quatrain in the context of a sonnet?

Back

A stanza of four lines.

Front

What is a couplet in a sonnet?

Back

A pair of rhyming lines, usually at the end of a sonnet.