Villanelle and Sonnet

What is the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet? 

• abba cddc effe gg

• abab abab abab aa

• abab cdcd efef gg 

• abbaabba cdecde

How many stanzas does a villanelle have, and what types of stanzas are they?

• 5 tercets and a quatrain 

• 4 couplets and an octave

• 3 quatrains and a couplet

• 3 quatrains and a sestet 

What type of poem is “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”? 

• Haiku

• Blank Verse

• Sonnet

• Villanelle

What does sonnet mean based on its root word?

• Little Bird

• Little Song

• Love Song

• Love Poem

What are English sonnets often called, and why?

• Shakespearean, because he created that sonnet. 

• Shakespearean, because he is the only published poet we have of sonnets.

• Shakespearean, because he is the most well-known sonnet writer. 

• Petrarchan, because he created the sonnet. 

A specific type of of poem written in tercets with a concluding quatrain, in which there is a complex pattern of repetition and requires only two rhyming sounds.

• Ballad

• Ode

• Villanelle

• Apostrophe

__________ form is a traditional pattern that applies to the whole poem, such as the French rondeaus, villanelles, and the English sonnet.

• continuous

• stanzaic

• fixed

• free

A poem of fourteen lines, most often written in iambic pentameter, with a specific rhyme scheme.

• octave

• sonnet

• villanelle

• couplet

What is the rhyme scheme of a traditional villanelle?

• A) aba aba aba aba aba abaa

• B) abab cdcd efef gg

• C) abba abba cdecde

• D) aabbccddeeffgg

Which of the following is a characteristic of a sonnet?

• A) It has 19 lines

• B) It is written in free verse

• C) It often explores themes of love

• D) It has no specific rhyme scheme