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22 Cards in this Set
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A sonnet comes from the Italian word ________ |
sonetto |
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What does sonetto mean? |
"little son" |
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What kind of poem is a sonnet? |
lyric poem |
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How many lines are in a sonnet? |
14 |
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What meter is a sonnet written in? |
iambic pentameter |
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What two things are definite in a sonnet? |
1. definite rhyme scheme 2. definite thought structure |
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What does a lyric poem deal with? |
emotions, feelings, and ideas of a single speaker |
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In traditional sonnets, these emotions, feelings, and ideas are often influenced by __________ |
concepts of courtly love |
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Iambic pentameter consists of _______ |
five measures, units or meters, of iambs |
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What is an iamb? |
a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable U followed by an accented syllable /. |
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Name two Rhyme Schemes |
1. Petrarchan (Italian) rhyme scheme: abba, abba, cd, cd, cd abba, abba, cde, cde abba, abba, cddc, ee 2. Shakespearean (English, or Elizabethan) rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg
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What is the octave? |
the first eight lines |
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The octave presents _________. |
a situation or idea |
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What is the sestet (sextet)? |
the last six lines |
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The sestet (sextet) ___________. |
responds to the situation or idea in the octave |
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What is the order of the thought structure? |
Quatrain Quatrain (THE TURN) Quatrain (THE TURN) Couplet |
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How many lines are in a quatrain? |
4 |
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Each quatrain describes ________________. |
the idea or situation which leads to a conclusion or response in the couplet |
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How many lines are in a couplet? |
2 |
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While some of the conventions of courtly love are used by Shakespeare he also: _______________. |
writes most of his sonnets to a man, probably Henry Wriothesley |
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Rather than simply "unrequited love," Shakespeare: |
-idealizes levels of friendship, as in the "money" sonnets -writes of a literacy (courtship) rivalry, perhaps with Christopher Marlowe |
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Many of Shakespeare's sonnets deal with _____ frankly (for the renaissance), and with _______ (as in Sonnet 20), and with a kind of ____________ (the dark lady sonnets) that was unheard of before him. |
sex humor degrading lustiness |
