Sonnet Vocabulary Flashcards
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What is a quatrain?
A
A four line stanza
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What is a couplet?
A
A pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter
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What is rhyme scheme?
A
The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem or stanza
3
Q
What is pastoral?
A
Literary works that deal with the pleasures of a simple rural life or with escape to a simpler place and time
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What is a speaker?
A
The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of the poem; the character who “says” the poem
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What is syntax?
A
The way words are organized
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Q
What is a sonnet sequence?
A
A series or group of sonnets, most often written to or about a beloved
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Q
What is a Petrarchan sonnet?
A
Abba abba cdecde
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Q
What is a Spenserian sonnet?
A
Abab bcbc cdcd ee
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What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
A
Abab cdcd efef gg
