WorksheetsPoetry - Sonnets
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
How many lines are in a quatrain?
4
14
2
5
What is a couplet?
12 lines of a verse that do not rhyme and have different meters
Two lines of a verse that rhyme and have the same meter
Two stanzas
Four stanzas consisting of the same rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet?
A poem of 14 lines which is strictly written in iambic pentameter
A poem of four lines which have the same rhyme scheme
A poem of four stanzas that has a rhyme scheme
A poem of 14 lines which can have different rhyme schemes
This is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet.
Italian Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Spenserian Sonnet
English Sonnet
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a poem its rhythm and rhyme.
Cadence
Meter
Iamb
All of the above
What is a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable?
iambic pentameter
centimeter duo
amphitheater
decimeter
What type of poems are sonnets usually?
political poems
tragic poems
love poems
comedic poems
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
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
156
165
172
