Shakespearean Sonnet- Vocab

How many syllables per line does iambic pentameter poetry have?

• 8

• 10

• 5

• 12

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• cdcd-abab-efef-ee

• abab-efef-cdcd-ff

• abab-eded-efef-gg

• abab-cdcd-efef-gg

Shakespearean sonnet contains _______ lines total.

(In a Shakespearean sonnet) Quatrains introduce/establish:

• A theme

• A problem

• An argument

• A resolution

How many quatrains and couplets are there in a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 1 quatrain and 3 couplets

• 3 quatrains and 2 couplets

• 2 quatrains and 2 couplets

• 3 quatrains and 1 couplet

What does a couplet provide?

• A resolution

• A problem

• A theme

• A story

What does each "foot" of Iambic pentameter contain?

• An unstressed (short) syllable

• No syllables

• A medium syllable

• A stressed (long) syllable

What is a stanza of four lines in poetry that have alternating lines?

• Couplet

• Iambic Pentameter

• Quatrain

• Resolution

Couplets are the last ______ lines of the poem.

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 2

Couplets often _____ and have the same _______.

• rhyme

• quatrain

• couplet

• meter

• lines