Sonnet Review

What is the name of the sonnet structure that begins with a repeating ABBA rhyme scheme in the first two quatrains and ends with any combination of CD&E rhymes in the sestet?

• Shakespearean
• Petrarchan
• English
• Spenserean

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the sonnet structures (of the ones we have studied) is the only one that has enough rhyming line pairs to get all the way to "G"?

• Spenserian
• English
• Petrarchan
• Italian

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Identify the rhyme scheme:  the ending word of the first line rhymes with the ending word of the third line;  the ending wording of the second line, rhymes with the ending word of the fourth line.

• ABAB
• ABBA
• ABCA
• ABCD

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Who is credited with perfecting the Italian sonnet structure?

• Spenser
• Wyatt
• Petrarch
• Dante

What is unique about the Spenserian rhyme structure?

• It has alternating rhyme
• It has a "G" rhyme in the last couplet
• It has overlapping rhyme between quatrains
• It has not set structure for the sestet

ABABCDCDEFEFGG

• Shakesperean
• Spenserian
• Petrarchan
• Unidentified

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

ABABBCBCCDCDEE

• Shakespearean
• Spenserian
• Petrarchan
• Unidentified

ABBAABBACDCDEE

• Shakespearean
• Spenserian
• Petrarchan
• Unidentified

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

ABABCDCDEFEFEE

• Shakespearean
• Spenserian
• Petrarchan
• Unidentified

Identify the rhyme scheme of this sonnet.

• Unidentified rhyme
• Spenserian rhyme
• Shakespearean rhyme
• Petrarchan rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4