Understanding Sonnet Structure and Meaning

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABCD ABCD EFG EFG

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a sonnet?

• It has 14 lines.

• It is written in free verse.

• It has no specific rhyme scheme.

• It is a type of prose.

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Identify the term used for a speech in a play where a character speaks to themselves, revealing their thoughts to the audience.

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Aside

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What is the meter commonly used in Shakespearean sonnets?

• Iambic pentameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Anapestic trimeter

• Dactylic hexameter

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In a sonnet, what is the term for a group of four lines?

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Sestet

• Octave

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Which of the following best describes the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet?

• An octave followed by a sestet

• Three quatrains followed by a couplet

• Four tercets followed by a couplet

• Two sestets followed by a quatrain

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What is the purpose of the couplet at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• To introduce a new theme

• To summarize the main idea or present a twist

• To provide background information

• To describe the setting

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Which of the following is NOT a common theme in sonnets?

• Love

• Nature

• War strategies

• Time

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