Shakespeare's Sonnets

How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?

• 12
• 16
• 10
• 14

The first twelve lines of a sonnet

• tell you the problem or theme
• do not rhyme
• resolve the problem
• all of the above

The last two lines of a sonnet are called a rhyming couplet.

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Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of five syllables.

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The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet.

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• False

An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. An example of an iamb would be good BYE.

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• False

 A line of iambic pentameter flows like this: 
 BAboom / BAboom / BAboom / baBAboom / BAboom.

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• False

Sonnets include a volta, or turn, where there's a change in the speaker's voice or attitude toward the problem.

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The Shakespearean sonnet can also be called the

• Elizabethan or English Sonnet

• Petrarchan Sonnet

All of Shakespearean Sonnets rhyme.

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• False