Sonnet Review

What is the meter of a poem?

• a rhythm created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• a pattern of rhyme

• the number of lines in the poem

• the final couplet of the poem

A couplet is

• a 2 line stanza of a poem

• a 4 line stanza of a poem

• a 5 line stanza of a poem

• an 8 line stanza of a poem

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFGG

• ABAB BABA CDCD DCDC

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Which of the following is an example of iambic pentameter?

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How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 18

• 14

• 13

• 10

How many syllables are in a line of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 12

Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called

• iambic pentameter

• trochaic quadmeter

• spondaic pentameter

• dactylic trimeter

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write ?

• 154

• 155

• 156

• 157

What is a group of four lines in a sonnet called?

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Quartet

• Tetrain

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet