Sonnet Review

What is a sonnet?

• a fourteen line rhyming poem

• a sixteen line unrhymed poem

• a type of villanelle

• A longer verson of the haiku

Which of the following is NOT a type of sonnet?

• English sonnet

• Italian sonnet

• Draconian sonnet

• Petrarchan sonnet

Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

• Ronsard

• Petrarch

• Alighieri

• Shakespeare

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The cat sat quietly by the door.

• Crash! The dishes slammed against the counter

• The bee bumbled and buzzed by.

• The wind screamed and howled in the night.

Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?

• a b b a c d d c e f e f g g

• a b a b c d c d e f e f g g

• a b b a a b b a c d c d c d

• a b a b b c b c c d c d e e

The first twelve lines of a sonnet

• tell you the problem or theme

• do not rhyme

• resolve the problem

• all of the above

An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. An example of an iamb would be good BYE.

• True

• False

What is a characteristic of the sonnet?

• It is in iambic pentameter

• It rhymes

• It has an octave and sestet

• All of the above

How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?

• 12

• 16

• 10

• 14

what are the last 2 lines of a sonnet called?

• sestet

• couplet

• octet

• quatrain