SPRING ONE (SONNETS) FORBIDDEN LOVE ADVANCED Flashcards
1
Q
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
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A line of verse with ten syllables – consisting of alternately, one unstressed and one stressed syllable (de-DUM, de-DUM, de-DUM, de-DUM, de-DUM)
2
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VOLTA
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Italian word for ‘turn’: the turning point or shift in argument, typically found after the second quatrain (after the first eight lines, between lines 8 and 9) in a sonnet