Shakespear And His Sonnets Flashcards

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A ____ refers to the pattern of ____ in a line of poetry

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Meter, syllables

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_____ are paired two and three at a time depending on the ______ in the sentences

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Syllables, stresses

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2 Syllables together, or three if it’s a three syllable construction, is known as a -

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Foot

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And unstressed or stressed foot is known as an

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Iamb

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A pentameter is simply Penta which means ______ meters.

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5

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In basic I am dictating to Hamiter, a line would have 5 feet of iambs, which is an _____ and then a stressed syllable

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Unstressed

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A 14 line poem made up of four _____ (3 quarters of alternating rhyme scheme and 1 couplet)

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Stanzas

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A sonnet is like an _____ for something that builds up as each line goes on

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Argument

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First quatrain is used to show the main ___ and main ____

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Theme, metaphor

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Second quatrain is the theme and metaphor are ____ or complicated

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Extended

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Third quatrain is a twist or conflict of been introduced by a but

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Peripeteia

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Sunrises and leaves the reader with the new concluding image

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Couplet

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13
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The sonnet is written in -

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Iambic pentameter

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