Sonnets

Question 1

What Italian word does sonnet come from?

Answer 1

Sonetto

Question 2

What does sonetto mean?

Answer 2

A little sound or song

Question 3

Who made the sonnet popular?

Answer 3

Francesco Petrarch

Question 4

Who did Francesco Petrarch write sonnets to?

Answer 4

A woman named Laura

Question 5

What is a sonnet sequence?

Answer 5

A series of sonnets focused on a particular theme

Question 6

What is iambic pentameter?

Answer 6

When each line has 10 syllables that alternate being stressed and unstressed

Question 7

What are the 3 major sonnet forms?

Answer 7

Italian or Petrarchan, English or Shakespearean, and Spenserian

Question 8

What is another name for the Italian sonnet?

Answer 8

Petrarchan sonnet

Question 9

What are the first 8 lines of a sonnet called?

Answer 9

An octave

Question 10

What are the last 6 lines of a sonnet called?

Answer 10

A sestet

Question 11

What is the rhyme scheme of a Italian sonnet?

Answer 11

abba abba cdecde

Question 12

What do the first 8 lines of an Italian sonnet do?

Answer 12

Present the problem

Question 13

What do the last 6 lines of an Italian sonnet do?

Answer 13

Provide a resolution to the problem

Question 14

What is another name for the English sonnet?

Answer 14

Shakespearean sonnet

Question 15

Who did Shakespeare write sonnets to?

Answer 15

A dark lady and a young man

Question 16

Why did Shakespeare write sonnets?

Answer 16

The theaters were closed because of the plague and he wanted to expand his literary works

Question 17

What is the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet?

Answer 17

abab cdcd efef gg

Question 18

What is a group of 4 lines called?

Answer 18

A quatrain

Question 19

What is a group of two lines called?

Answer 19

A couplet

Question 20

What do the quatrains in an English sonnet do?

Answer 20

Develops a problem

Question 21

What does the couplet in an English sonnet do?

Answer 21

Gives a quick solution

Question 22

What is the rhyme scheme of a Spenserian sonnet?

Answer 22

abab bcbc cdcd ee

Question 23

How is a Spenserian sonnet set up

Answer 23

It has 3 quatrains and a couplet

Question 24

What does the rhyming scheme in a Spenserian sonnet do?

Answer 24

It pushes the sonnet toward the final couplet

Question 25

Who is the Spenserian sonnet named after?

Answer 25

Edmund Spencer

Question 26

Who did Edmund Spencer write sonnets to?

Answer 26

Elizabeth Boyle

Question 27

What type of sonnet is Sonnet 30?

Answer 27

Spenserian

Question 28

What does the speaker in Sonnet 30 compare his beloved's feelings to

Answer 28

Ice

Question 29

What does the speaker in Sonnet 30 compare his own feelings to?

Answer 29

Fire

Question 30

What do the comparisons in Sonnet 30 indicate about the speaker's feelings and the way the speaker's beloved feels about him?

Answer 30

Her heart is cold but he still wants her

Question 31

What questions do the speaker ask and what do they indicate about the speaker's love in Sonnet 30?

Answer 31

He asks why she wasn't warming up to him and why he still loves her enough to keep going after her. It shows that he has unending love for her

Question 32

What happens to the name the speaker in Sonnet 75 writes in the sand?

Answer 32

It gets washed away with the tide

Question 33

What does the speaker in Sonnet 75 do after the name he writes get washed away?

Answer 33

He writes it again

Question 34

How does the the poet of Sonnet 75 intend to eternalize the virtues of his love?

Answer 34

By writing a sonnet to her so it can live on forever

Question 35

What type of sonnet is Sonnet 116?

Answer 35

Shakespearean

Question 36

What is Shakespeare talking about in Sonnet 116?

Answer 36

That true love does not change when circumstances change and does not fade over time

Question 37

What is the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 130

Answer 37

abab cdcd efef gg

Question 38

What does Shakespeare say about his love's eyes in Sonnet 130?

Answer 38

They are dark and unlike the sun

Question 39

What does Shakespeare say about his love's lips in Sonnet 130?

Answer 39

They aren't red

Question 40

What does Shakespeare say about his love's breasts in Sonnet 130?

Answer 40

They are dull grey

Question 41

What does Shakespeare say about his love's hair in Sonnet 130?

Answer 41

It is black and wiry

Question 42

What does Shakespeare say about his love's cheeks in Sonnet 130?

Answer 42

They aren't rosy

Question 43

What does Shakespeare say about his love's breath in Sonnet 130?

Answer 43

It stank

Question 44

What does Shakespeare say about his love's voice in Sonnet 130?

Answer 44

It was not pleasing to listen to

Question 45

How do we know that Shakespeare loves his lover even though he points out her faults?

Answer 45

He says she is a real life woman and he loves her despite her flaws