the transition from the problem/situation to the solution/resolution

the transition from the 1st quatrain to the 2nd quatrain

Where is the VOLTA located in an ENGLISH sonnet?

moving from the 12th line into the couplet

Where is the VOLTA located in an ITALIAN sonnet?

the transition from the octave to the sestet

What is the problem the speaker in Petrarch’s Sonnet 12 ("If my life find strength enough to fight/ the grievous battle of each passing day,") struggling with specifically?

The woman's beauty is so intimidating that he cannot express his love for her. He is struggling with unrequited love.

The speaker is struggling with having to fight in a war.

The speaker is upset over a difficult break up.

The speaker's love has died of a terminal illness.

Explain the resolution in Shakespeare's Sonnet 29: "For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings/ That then I scorn to change my state with kings."

The speaker's downcast state turns more hopeful and optimistic when he remembers how well he is loved by his beloved.

The speaker wishes he were king.

The speaker is remembering a lost love from his youth.

The speaker is suffering from unrequited love.

What is the paradoxical situation Spenser develops in his Sonnet 30?

The more he desires her, the more she rejects him. The more she rejects him, the more he desires her.

The more he hates the woman, the more the woman loves him.

He lives in a climate where fire cannot melt ice.

The more he writes the woman poetry, the more she loves him.

What does the speaker mean in the couplet at the end of Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?")?

His love's beauty will live on eternally, captured in the lines of the sonnet.

As long as the poem is preserved in a library, the longer people will be able to read it.

His love's beauty is fading, and he is considering breaking up with her.

What is the problem in Shakespeare's Sonnet 147 ("My love is as a fever, longing still")?

The speaker is trapped in a toxic relationship that he can't break away from.

The speaker is being stalked by an obsessed lover.

The speaker is suffering from unrequited love.

What is an extended metaphor in Sonnet 147 ("My love is as a fever, longing still")?

Their unhealthy relationship is like an untreated disease that ravages the speaker's heart and mind.

Their healthy relationship is like a successful medical treatment.

Their unhealthy relationship can be cured by therapy.

Their healthy relationship serves as a model for others to aspire to.

Which of the following best describes a sonnet?

A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes

A short poem expressing personal feelings

A humorous five-line poem with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme

What is the purpose of the final couplet in a Shakespearean sonnet?

To present a dramatic turn or resolution

To summarize the previous 12 lines

Sonnet Poets Quiz

Authored by Katherine Caston Martin

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a sonnet poet we read in class?

William Shakespeare

Edgar Allan Poe

Francesco Petrarch

Edmund Spenser

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is another name for the ENGLISH sonnet?

Spenserian

Shakespearean

Petrarchan

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is another name for the ITALIAN sonnet?

Shakespearean

Spenserian

Petrarchan

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme for the ENGLISH sonnet?

ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

ABBA ABBA CDECDE

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an example of exact rhyme?

rhyme

chime

rain

again

stressed

stretch

orange

porch

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an example of slant or approximate rhyme?

rain

stain

June

tune

soon

noon

rain

again

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the structure of the ENGLISH sonnet? (think about line groupings—not rhyme scheme)

3 couplets

and

2 quatrains

1 octave

and 1 sestet

1 octave

and 1 quatrain

3 quatrains

and 1 couplet

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Sonnet Poets Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a sonnet poet we read in class?

What is another name for the ENGLISH sonnet?

What is another name for the ITALIAN sonnet?

What is the rhyme scheme for the ENGLISH sonnet?

What is an example of exact rhyme?

What is an example of slant or approximate rhyme?

What is the structure of the ENGLISH sonnet? (think about line groupings—not rhyme scheme)

What is the structure of the ITALIAN sonnet? (think about line groupings—not rhyme scheme)

What is the VOLTA?

Where is the VOLTA located in an ENGLISH sonnet?

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