Sonnets And Such

Question 0

Octave

Answer 0

8 line stanza

Question 1

Sonnet

Answer 1

A 14 line poem in iambic pentameter.

Covers a single theme

Question 2

Sestet

Answer 2

6 line stanza

Question 3

Quatrain

Answer 3

4 line stanza

Question 4

Couplet

Answer 4

2 line stanza

Question 5

Sonnet sequence

Answer 5

Sonnets organized by theme

Question 6

Imagery

Answer 6

Sensory detail

Question 7

Petrarchan rhyme scheme

Answer 7

Abba abba cdecde

Question 8

Spenserian rhyme scheme

Answer 8

Abab bcbc cdcd ee

Question 9

Shakespearean rhyme scheme

Answer 9

Abab cdcd efef gg

Question 10

How many lines does a sonnet have?

Answer 10

14

Question 11

What is iambic pentameter?

Answer 11

5 pairs of 2 syllables

2nd syllable in each pair is stressed

Question 12

How many stressed syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter poetry?

Answer 12

5

Question 13

Which comes first, stressed or unstressed syllables?

Answer 13

Unstressed

Question 14

In sonnets, what is the purpose of the first several lines and the last few lines?

Answer 14

First lines present a problem.

The last lines present a resolution/solution

Question 15

What is pastoral poetry?

Answer 15

Celebrates simple life in the country

Question 16

Give examples of pastoral imagery in The Passionate Shepherd

Answer 16

I will make thee a bed of roses

Question 17

How does The Passionate Shepherd exemplify pastoral poetry?

Answer 17

Glorifies nature; speaker is a shepherd

Question 18

Thematically, how does The Nymph’s Reply answer the shepherd’s request?

Answer 18

Love will fade

Question 19

How did the authors of these two poems know each other?

Answer 19

Lived in the same period