Sonnets

Question 1

How many lines are in a sonnet?

Answer 1

14 line poem

Question 2

What pentameter is a sonnet in?

Answer 2

Iambic pentameter

Question 3

What is the rhyme scheme for sonnets?

Answer 3

fixed rhyme scheme

Question 4

What combinations are in a sonnet?

Answer 4

quatrain, octave, sestet, couplet (example – abba abba cde cde)

Question 5

Fill in the blank -

often included a _____ – an elaborately sustained ________

Answer 5

Conceit
Metaphor

Question 6

What is a sonnet cycle?

Answer 6

series of sonnets which explore varied aspects of love

Question 7

Who are the important sonnet writers of english renaissance? (Hint: There is 4)

Answer 7

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Sir Philip Sidney

Edmund Spenser

William Shakespeare

Question 8

What year did Sir Thomas Wyatt write from? What rhythm scheme did he use?

Answer 8

• 1503-1542
  -Used Petrarch’s rhyme scheme and rhythm

Question 9

What year did Sir Philip Sidney write from? What rhythm scheme did he use?

Answer 9

1554-1586
used Wyatt’s rhyme scheme

Question 10

What year did Edmund Spenser write from?
What rhythm scheme did he use?

Answer 10

1552-1599
-used an interlocking rhyme scheme
- abab bcbc cdcd ee

Question 11

What year did William Shakespeare write from? What rhythm scheme did he use?

Answer 11

1564-1616
abab cdcd efef gg