Sonnet Terms (AP) Flashcards
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| 5805772381 | Petrarchan/Italian sonnet | a sonnet form with an octave and sestet; the octave rhyme is: abba abba or abab baba; the sestet rhyme is: cde cde. | 0 | |
| 5805772382 | Italian octave | part of a sonnet that raises question, introduces problem, or presents brief narrative that reveals doubt or conflict within the speaker | 1 | |
| 5805772383 | Italian sestet | part of a sonnet that answers question, solves problem, or comments on narrative | 2 | |
| 5805772384 | Petrarchan volta | the "turn" or tonal change at the beginning of the sestet of an Italian sonnet | 3 | |
| 5805772385 | Shakespearean/Elizabethan/English sonnet | a sonnet form with three quatrains and one concluding couplet; rhyme scheme is: abab cdcd efef gg | 4 | |
| 5805772386 | Shakespearean quatrain | part of a sonnet that explores variation on a main theme | 5 | |
| 5805772387 | Shakespearean and Spensarian couplet | part of a sonnet that summarizes, comments on, or twists from the rest of the sonnet; acts as a concluding statement | 6 | |
| 5805772388 | Shakespearean volta | a "turn" or tonal shift that may occur at the beginning of a quatrain of a English sonnet; expression of revelation or ephinany | 7 | |
| 5805772389 | Spensarian sonnet | a sonnet form with three quatrains and one concluding couplet; rhyme scheme is: abab bcbc cdcd ee | 8 | |
| 5805772390 | Spensarian quatrain | part of a sonnet that demonstrates continuous thought into the next part as shown through a "linked" rhyme scheme | 9 | |
| 5805772392 | sonnet | 14-line poem focused on a single theme; usually written in iambic pentameter | 10 | |
| 5805906829 | octave | 8 lines of iambic pentameter | 11 | |
| 5805912270 | sestet | 6 lines of iambic pentameter | 12 | |
| 5805918497 | quatrain | 4 lines of iambic pentameter | 13 | |
| 5805920398 | couplet | 2 lines of iambic pentameter | 14 | |
| 5805929474 | iambic pentameter | verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable | 15 | |
| 5805951398 | metrical foot/meter | the basic unit of measurement in poetry; contains a group of 2-3 syllables; the pattern of "beats" | 16 | |
| 5806027864 | caesura | a break between words within a metrical foot | 17 |