Poetic Forms

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Who wrote Sonnet 18?

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William Shakespeare

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What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet?

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ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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How many syllables are in each line of a quatrain?

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10

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What are the words at the end of each line in a poem called?

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End rhyme

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What does the term 'decline' mean?

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To become less or decrease

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What is a quatrain?

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A stanza or poem consisting of four lines.

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What is a sonnet?

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A 14-line poem, typically written in iambic pentameter.

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What is the difference between a slant rhyme and an end rhyme?

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A slant rhyme has similar but not identical sounds, while an end rhyme has exact matching sounds at the end of lines.

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What is iambic pentameter?

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A type of poetic meter that consists of five iambs (unstressed-stressed syllable pairs) per line.

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What is the purpose of a theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poem conveys.