Sonnet

A sonnet contains ______ lines.

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

Which of the following is NOT a type of sonnet?

• Petrarchan sonnet

• Draconian sonnet

• Italian sonnet

• English sonnet

Which of the following is true about Shakespearean sonnet?

• It consists of three stanzas and a couplet.

• It consists of two stanzas and a couplet.

• It consists of five stanzas and a couplet.

• It consists of four stanzas and a couplet.

Who was the proponent of Shakespearean sonnet?

• William Shakesphere

• William Shakespears

• William Shakespear

• William Shakespeare

How many syllables does a line of an iambic pentameter have?

• 5

• 10

• 12

• 14

A quatrain is a

• 2 line stanza

• 3 line stanza

• 4 line stanza

• 5 line stanza

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• abba abba cde cde

• abab bcbc cdcd ee

• abcd efgh ijkl mm

• abab cdcd efef gg

This poem form is made up of an octave and a sestet.

• Petrarchan sonnet

• Free Verse

• Shakespearean sonnet

• Spenserian sonnet

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A term meaning two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

• quatrain

• couplet

• sestet

• octave

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All of the statements are true except

• Sonnets were invented during the 1900s.

• Sonnet came from an Italian word “sonetto” meaning

  “little sound or song.”

• Sonnet is a fourteen-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme.

• Sonnets use iambic pentameter

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