18 question test on Shakespearian Sonnets

Shakespearean Sonnets have Fourteen lines, it looks like a square, and Always has a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg. Some times it sounds funny or off because they pronounced things differently in Will’s day

Sonnets are written in Iambic pentameter because it mimics the sound of a heart beat. What better sound than a heartbeat to use when writing a love poem.

Sonnet 29 The speaker changes from despondent to thankful Despondent means “hopeless or depressed”

Sonnet 29 The sense of self-pity is emphasized by the three-quatrain form. Each quatrain builds more and more self pity.

“All you prefiguring” means “the past writers’ foreshadowing. Sonnet 106 “All you prefiguring” means “the past writers’ foreshadowing.

Sonnet 106 “So all their praises are but prophecies” is the purpose for writing the sonnet. In other words, Shakespeare wrote the sonnet to praise the beauty (maybe too much) of a woman of his time. He says that the writers’ before him couldn’t say it well and today they can’t say it at all.

Sonnet 116 “Let me not to the marriage of true mind admit impediments” The theme is that love never dies.

In this sonnet, Shakespeare describes love as long lasting.

Sonnet 130 Shakespeare’s theme is that love is blind and the tone of the sonnet is lighthearted and realistic.

Sonnet 130 In each self-contained quatrain in this sonnet, Shakespeare examines the features of his beloved. She is not pretty.

Have a conclusion presented in the final Couplet All sonnets – 29, 106, 116, and 130 Have a conclusion presented in the final Couplet

The form of a Shakespearean Sonnet is Three quatrains and one couplet. That is 3 sets of four lines and on set of two lines.

Of a Shakespearean sonnet is: Abab Cdcd Efef Gg The rhyme scheme Of a Shakespearean sonnet is: Abab Cdcd Efef Gg

A sonnet is like a Gemstone is an elegant case. The thoughts are large but must be put in a short form that is beautiful.

Vocabulary Sullen – dismal Scope – range (like the scope of his baseball knowledge is large) Alters – mean to change Participles end in –ing or –ed.