Sonnet Test

Question 1

• 14 lines from which a single theme is to be developed.
  Popularized first as songs sung by troubadours.
• The first 8 lines are arranged in 2 groups of 4 lines
  each, aka a quatrain; it is in these lines that the theme
  taking the form of a problem is stated and developed.
• The function of the octave is all too often given to all 3
  quatrains, which state the problem in 3 different ways,
  leaving only the couplet to resolve the problem. This
  solution often takes the form of an aphorism, a short,
  pointed sentence expressing a wise or clever observation
  or a general truth.
• The last 6 lines are called a sestet, and the problem is
  solved here and generally involves a turn of thought.
  Octave: theme - presents a
  problem
  Sestet: provides an answer to the
  problem

Rhyme Scheme
* abba abba cde cde

Answer 1

Italian/Petrarchan

Question 2

• 14 lines divided into 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
  Rhyme Scheme
• abab cdcd efef gg
  1st Quatrain: hints toward theme
  2nd Quatrain: stronger emphasis
  on theme
  3rd Quatrain: applies theme
  Couplet: culminates theme

Answer 2

Shakespeare/English

Question 3

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Octave

Answer 3

Italian

Question 4

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Quatrain

Answer 4

English

Question 5

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Couplet

Answer 5

English

Question 6

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Sestet

Answer 6

Italian

Question 7

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
love

Answer 7

Both

Question 8

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
immortality

Answer 8

English

Question 9

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Beauty

Answer 9

Both

Question 10

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Figures of speech

Answer 10

Shakespeare

Question 11

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Literary devices

Answer 11

Shakespeare

Question 12

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
og sonnet form

Answer 12

Italian

Question 13

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
Courtly love

Answer 13

Italian

Question 14

Which of the following relates to Italian, English or both:
volta

Answer 14

both

Question 15

know what about, theme multiple choice
sonnet 18

Answer 15

Shakespeare uses Sonnet 18 to praise his beloved’s beauty and describe all the ways in which their beauty is preferable to a summer day. The stability of love and its power to immortalize someone is the overarching theme of this poem

Question 16

know what about, theme multiple choice
sonnet 73

Answer 16

Sonnet 73 is not simply a procession of interchangeable metaphors; it is the story of the speaker slowly coming to grips with the real finality of his age and his impermanence in time. The couplet of this sonnet renews the speaker’s plea for the young man’s love, urging him to “love well” that which he must soon leave. Theme: aging