Quiz 2: Sonnets

1. The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet 1. a b b a a b b a c d e c d e 2. a b b a a b b a c d d c c d 3. a b a b c d c d e f e f g g

1. A sonnet has (Choose the wrong one) 1.14 lines in iambic tetrameter 2.[Petrarchan sonnet] a logical turn in the 9 th line 3.[Shakespearean sonnet]: a final couplet serving as punch line 4.A logical and usually dialectical structure

2. Sonnet 18 Fill in the blank … Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's ____hath all too short a date. 1.Bliss 2.warmth 3.lease 4.stay

3. Sonnet 18: Fill in the blank … But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal ___ to time thou grow'st: 1.time 2.beauty 3.love 4.lines

4. Sonnet 116 Oh no! It is an ever fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken. It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. 1.There is an extended metaphor in this poem. 2.The stanza above is all iambic 3.Love is shown to be invaluable 4.bark = skin of a tree

5. Romeo & Juliet Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss. Here “pilgrim” refers to … 1. Romeo’s lips 2. Romeo’s hands 3. Romeo 4. Romeo’s kiss