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13 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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How many lines?
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Fourteen lines.
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What is Iambic Pentameter?
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About ten syllables in every line.
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What does it revolve around?
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A singular conceit.
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What is a conceit?
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A singular metaphor. It expands on the conceit.
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By whom and when was the sonnet created?
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Petrarch in the thirteen hundreds.
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Describe a Petrarchan sonnet.
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First stanze = ABBA ABBA Second stanze = CDE CDE |
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Pedastelization |
Hold someone up to a high standard that cannot be met.
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Describe a Shakespearean sonnet.
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First stanza = ABAB Second Stanza = CDCD Third Stanza = EFEF Couplet = GG |
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ABAB, CDCD, and EFEF are examples of what?
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Quatrain
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How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
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154
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How many to women?
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28 - Dark Lady Sonnets
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How many to men?
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126
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What was it called to hire a poet?
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Patronage.
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