Shakespearean Sonnets

A sonnet contains _____ lines. 

• 12
• 4
• 14
• 16

Although a sonnet contains only one stanza, its structure has _____ 'parts'. 

• 2
• 4
• 3
• 5

The last 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ lines 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The first 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ lines. 

• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1

The rhyme scheme of a sonnet depends upon ______________. 

• internal rhyme
• meter
• iambic pentameter
• end rhyme

A common theme in Shakespeare's sonnets could be ___________ 

• Love is an open door. 
• Love
• Death 
• Shakespeare hates love.

Common subjects in Shakespeare's sonnets are ___________ and __________. 

• love and taxes 
• love and England
• English and history
• time and love 

The rhyme scheme in this stanza is __________________ 
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 

• AABB
• ABABA
• ABAB
• ABBA