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3260506591Petrarchan sonnet rhyme schemeABBA ABBA CDE CDE0
3260506592How is a petrarchan sonnet broken up?8 line octave and 6 line sestet1
3281107515How many lines in a sonnet?142
3281110305What is the rhythm of a sonnet?Iambic pentameter (10 beats)3
3281113959Spenserian sonnet rhyme schemeABAB ABAB CDCD EE4
3281119649What does a spenserian stanza have between the octave and sestet?a break or pause5
3281122441Which sonnet has an alliteration and rhyming in the last line?Spenserian6
3281125332Which two types of sonnets have a concluding couplet?Spenserian and Shakespearean7
3281129019Who wrote sonnets in 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet?Shakespeare8
3281132222What is the Shakespearean rhyme scheme?ABAB CDCD EFEF GG9
3281136629Which sonnet shows longing for someone?Sonnet 3510
3281138165What allusion does 35 make?Narcissus11
3281139547What is the alliteration in 35?Sh sound, shh I want to look at her12
3281143138What is the personification in 35?My hungry eyes13
3281207542"My hungry eyes, though greedy covetise Still to behold the object of their pain,"3514
3281210019"All this world's glory seemeth vain to me, And all their shows but shadows, saving she."3515
3281146114Which sonnets immortalize people?75 and 1816
3281149043What is special about 75?Two speakers and dialogue17
3281154087What is the theme of sonnet 29?hate material wealth and greed, but true love makes me rich18
3281159282"When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state,"Sonnet 2919
3281164941"For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings."Sonnet 2920
3281167177Which sonnet presents a valid argument?11621
3281170644What is the theme of 116?true love never changes22
3281171973In 116, what is true love compared to?The north star, always constant23
3281175564"If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved."Sonnet 11624
3281179029Which Shakespearean sonnet is very petrarchan?18 because it compares beauty to nature25
3281180194What is the theme of 18?Everything dies but her beauty26
3281185052"So long as man can breathe or eyes can see, So long loves this, and this gives life to thee."Sonnet 1827
3281187989Which sonnets are foils?18 and 13028
3281189127How is 130 presented?lightheartedly29
3281190981Which sonnet is anti-petrarchan?130 because there is no beauty30
3281195130What is the point of 130?He is realistic about his woman but since he has true love, it doesn't matter31
3281200520"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare."13032

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