Sonnet study guide

Question 1

sonnet

Answer 1

is a 14-line poem using any number of formal rhyme schemes. Typically written in iambic pentameter - each line has 10 syllables in 5 pairs.

Question 2

list the two-three types of sonnets

Answer 2

Italian/Petrarchan
Elizabethan/Shakespearean
Spenserian

Question 3

Write the format of the Italian / Petrarchan Sonnet

Answer 3

abba abba cde cde

Question 4

Write the format of the Elizabethan / Shakespearean Sonnet

Answer 4

abab cdcd efef gg

Question 5

List the two major themes of sonnets

Answer 5

Courtly Love and beauty

Question 5

definition of a Pastoral Poem

Answer 5

explores the relationship between humans and nature, and romanticizing the ideals of a simple country life

are poems that deal in an idealized way with shepherds and rustic life. Poets express the joys of pastoral life or disappointment in love.

Question 6

you will be given a sonnet
and must name the type of sonnet, write the rhyme scheme, and explicate the sonnet (prob and solution)- if it is an Italian sonnet, you must explicate the octave & sestet; if it is an Elizabethan sonnet, you must
explicate the three quatrains and the couplet

Answer 6

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