Poetry 3: Sonnet Quiz

What is the rhyme scheme of the sestet in an Italian/Petrarchan sonnet?

• cdecde

• cdcdcd

• cddcdd

• cdeedc

What is the primary characteristic of a Caudate sonnet?

• It has three quatrains

• It includes 'tails' added to the traditional fourteen lines

• It has an English octave

• It uses a linked rhyme scheme

How many lines are in a traditional sonnet?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

What is the rhyme scheme of the couplet in an English/Shakespearian sonnet?

• gg

• ee

• ff

• dd

What is the rhyme scheme of the sestet in a Spenserian sonnet?

• cdecde

• cdcdcd

• cddcdd

• cdcdee

What is a connected group of sonnets usually by a single poet called?

• Sonnet Sequence

• Ballad Stanza

• Hardy Stanza

• Spenserian Stanza

Which stanza is perfected by Hardy and has eight lines with a specific pattern of aaabcccb?

• Hardy Stanza

• Spenserian Stanza

• Yeats Stanza

• Long Measure

What is the rhyme scheme of the Ottava Rima stanza?

• ababbcbcc

• ababcc

• ababbcbc

• abababcc

Which stanza is an eight-lined stanza, iambic throughout, with pentameter in all but lines 4, 6, and 7?

• Yeats Stanza

• Burns Stanza

• Elegiac Stanza

• Rhyme Royal

What is the rhyme scheme of the Rhyme Royal stanza?

• ababbcc

• ababbcbc

• abcb

• ababcc