Sonnet

When reading a Shakespearean sonnet, what pattern are you supposed to follow?

• Unstressed/Stressed

• Stressed/Unstressed

• Unstressed/unstressed

• Stressed/stressed

How many couplets are in a sonnet?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 14

Sonnets follow a rhyme scheme.

• True

• False

What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

• ABABCDCDCDCDFF

• AABBCCDDEEFFGG

• ABABCDCDEFEFGG

• ABCABCABCDDGG

What is not a characteristic of a sonnet?

• 5 iambs

• It is open form

• 14 lines

• Includes a couplet

Scansion (Annotate) the parts of a sonnet! Only need to annotate one line to demonstrate you understand meter.

What tone is exhibited by the author in this sonnet?

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How many lines are in a traditional sonnet?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

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