Sonnet Vocab Quiz Flashcards
(8 cards)
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Sonnet
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A 14 line poem with a very specific structure
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Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet
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A sonnet divided into an octave and a sestet with the rhyme scheme ABBA CDCDCD or ABBA CDECDE
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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A sonnet divided into 3 quatrains and a couplet with the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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Rhyme Scheme
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The pattern of rhyme in a poem
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Meter
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The rhythm of a poem
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Iambic Pentameter
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-Meaning five metrical feet, consisting of two syllables (one unstressed and one stressed - starts off unstressed and ends stressed)
-Mimics the sounds of a heartbeat
7
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Couplet
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-The final two lines of a Shakespearean Sonnet
-Has two consecutive lines of end rhyme
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Volta
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- Means “turns” in Italian and indicates a shift in a sonnet
-Usually between the octave and sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet and before the couplet in a Shakespeare sonnet
