Sonnet and Villanelle

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• Her eyes shine like the morning sun
• His dog eats a boat load of food
• The walls stretch to the ceiling 
• Our classroom is a zoo

What is the common theme among Petrarch's poems? 

• Eagerness 
• Carpe Diem 
• Unrequited Love
• Apologies 

Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

• Petrarch
• Shakespeare 

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The cat sat quietly by the door.
• Crash! The dishes slammed against the counter 
• The bee bumbled and buzzed by.
• The wind screamed and howled in the night.

Which of the following is Iambic Pentameter? 

• U / | U / | U / | U / | U / |
• / U | / U | / U | / U | / U |
• U U / U | U / U | U U / |

Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?

• a b b a a b b ac d e c d e  
• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Who created the sonnet?

• Petrarch
• Edmund Spenser

• Shakespeare
• Bill Murray

A Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division: 

• Eight Lines of problem followed by six lines of solution
• Four quatrains with a problem in the first two and a solution in the second
• Three quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summary
• Fourteen lines that tell a story in chronological order

How many lines are in a sonnet? 

• 12
• 14
• 10
• 16

   abbaabba cdecde, is the rhyme scheme of Petrarchan Sonnet.

• TRUE

• FALSE