Ch. 10

Question 1

Sestina

Answer 1

A form with six, six-line stanzas and a concluding three-line stanza. The last words of each of the first six lines of the poem must be replicated in a certain order at the ends of the next five, six-line stanzas, and all six words must finally appear in the final three-line stanza. This originated in medieval France.

Question 2

Vernacular

Answer 2

The normal language used by everyday people.

Question 3

Villanelle

Answer 3

A complex form of nineteen lines and two rhymes repeated in a fixed pattern. Originated in France.

Question 4

Blank Verse

Answer 4

Unrhymed iambic line with ten stresses and five beats. Comes from Italy.

Question 5

Sonnet

Answer 5

A poem with fourteen rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Originated in Italy and didn’t migrate to England for 200 years.

Question 6

Volta

Answer 6

The turning point of a sonnet, is located in the eighth line in Italian sonnets and in the twelfth line in Shakespearian sonnets.