Sonnet 18 Quiz

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What is the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 18?

  • ABBA CDDC EFFE GG
  • ABAB BCBC CDCD EE
  • ABAB CDCD EFEF GG (correct)
  • ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

What is the structure of Sonnet 18?

  • Four quatrains followed by a couplet
  • One quatrain followed by a couplet
  • Three quatrains followed by a couplet (correct)
  • Two quatrains followed by a sestet

What is the theme of Sonnet 18?

  • The beauty of a summer day
  • The eternalization of the Fair Youth (correct)
  • The speaker's love for the Fair Youth
  • The surpassing qualities of the Fair Youth

What is the volta in a sonnet?

<p>The turn or shift in the poem's subject matter (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the irony expressed in Sonnet 18?

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Flashcards

Sonnet 18 Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhyme in Shakespearean Sonnet 18 is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

Sonnet 18 Structure

It has three quatrains (four-line stanzas) and a final couplet (two-line stanza).

Sonnet 18 Theme

The theme is about making the beauty of the young man immortal.

Sonnet Volta

The volta is the shift or change in thought direction within a sonnet.

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Sonnet 18 Irony

The irony is that the speaker claims to immortalize the beauty.

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Shakespearean Sonnet

A fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and structure.

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Quatrain

A four-line stanza in a poem.

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Couplet

A two-line stanza in a poem.

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Rhyme scheme ABAB

A specific pattern where lines 1 and 3 rhyme, and lines 2 and 4 rhyme.

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Rhyme Scheme CDCD

A rhyme scheme where lines 5 and 7 rhyme and lines 6 and 8 rhyme.

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Study Notes

What is the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 18? What is the structure of Sonnet 18? What is the theme of Sonnet 18? What is the volta in a sonnet? What is the irony expressed in Sonnet 18?

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