Sonnet Review

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What is the meter of a poem?

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a rhythm created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Couplet

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A 2 line stanza of a poem

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What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

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ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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How many lines are in a sonnet?

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14

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How many syllables are in a line of a Shakespearean sonnet?

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10

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Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called

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iambic pentameter

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How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

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154

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What is a group of four lines in a sonnet called?

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Quatrain

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A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

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Shakespearean Sonnet

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How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

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