Shakespear And His Sonnets Flashcards
A ____ refers to the pattern of ____ in a line of poetry
Meter, syllables
_____ are paired two and three at a time depending on the ______ in the sentences
Syllables, stresses
2 Syllables together, or three if it’s a three syllable construction, is known as a -
Foot
And unstressed or stressed foot is known as an
Iamb
A pentameter is simply Penta which means ______ meters.
5
In basic I am dictating to Hamiter, a line would have 5 feet of iambs, which is an _____ and then a stressed syllable
Unstressed
A 14 line poem made up of four _____ (3 quarters of alternating rhyme scheme and 1 couplet)
Stanzas
A sonnet is like an _____ for something that builds up as each line goes on
Argument
First quatrain is used to show the main ___ and main ____
Theme, metaphor
Second quatrain is the theme and metaphor are ____ or complicated
Extended
Third quatrain is a twist or conflict of been introduced by a but
Peripeteia
Sunrises and leaves the reader with the new concluding image
Couplet
The sonnet is written in -
Iambic pentameter