Sonnet

How many lines are in a Shakespearean Sonnet?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

Who was the popular English playwright and poet who lived in the 16th century who wrote 154 Sonnets?

• Shakespeare

• Chaucer

• Waldon

• Hinton

What is a four line stanza?

• Couplet

• Sextet

• Triplet

• Quatrain

What do we call two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme?

• a couplet

• a dynamic duo

• a chorus

• a diameter

What do we call an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable? It is sometimes compared to a heartbeat.

• couplet

• iamb

• quatrain

• penta

In poetry, five feet are called...

• stumbling blocks

• extra words

• syllables

• pentameter

What is a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable?

• iambic pentameter

• centimeter duo

• amphitheater

• decimeter

What is rhyme scheme?

• A plan to follow when writing a poem

• A list of sensory words

• A type of lyrical poetry

• A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

Which of the following is a rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

• AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EE

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABCD ABCD CDEF GG

• ABCD EFGH IJKL MN

What is "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

• Sonnet 18

• Sonnet 34

• Sonnet 99

• Sonnet 155