Unit 4: Sonnets Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
What is a sonnet?
A
Basically love poems, deriving from the word ‘sonetto’ in Italian.
2
Q
What meter are most sonnets written in?
A
Iambic pentameter
3
Q
How many lines are in a sonnet?
A
14 lines
4
Q
What form do English sonnets have?
A
Four lines a quatrain.
5
Q
What do you call 2 lines that rhyme?
A
A couplet.
6
Q
What form do Italian sonnets have?
A
An octave and a sestet.
7
Q
What syllable is stressed in Iambic Pentameter?
A
Every second syllable.
8
Q
What is the volta?
A
The volta is usually the turn in the poem, like a change or is the part that offers the solution to the problem.
9
Q
How are Shakespearan Sonnets written?
A
3 Quatrains and a couplet.
10
Q
What is a common rhyme scheme?
A
ABBAABBA
