Shakespeare Sonnets

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. They end a Shakespearean sonnet.

• Sestet

• Iamb

• Quatrain

• Couplet

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 18

• 14

• 13

• 10

Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called

• iambic pentameter

• trochaic quadmeter

• spondaic pentameter

• dactylic trimeter

An "iamb" is a part of the poem's meter that has ___ syllables.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 4

• 2

• 5

• 3

How many syllables are in this line: By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;

• 11

• 10

• 9

• 13

How many lines make up a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 16

What is the primary theme explored in many of Shakespeare's sonnets?

• Love and beauty

• War and peace

• Adventure and exploration

• Science and technology

Which of the following is a common feature of Shakespearean sonnets?

• Use of blank verse

• Use of iambic pentameter

• Use of free verse

• Use of haiku