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 9th 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.
2.
3.
4.
Bliss
warmth
lease
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