Year 7
Form: The Shakespearean sonnet and Petrarchan sonnet
Year 7
Form: The Shakespearean sonnet and Petrarchan sonnet
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn how to recognise iambic pentameter in sonnets. We will continue to use Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 130' as an example.
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7 Questions
Q1.
How many lines are there in a Shakespearean sonnet?
10
28
It's different every time
Q2.
Which of the below explanations best describes a rhyme scheme?
A rhyme scheme is the number of lines in the poem.
A rhyme scheme is the rhythm of the poem.
A rhyme scheme is the sounds in the poem.
Q3.
Which of the below rhyme schemes is correct for a Shakespearean sonnet?
AABBCCDDEEFFGG
ABBABBACDECDE
ABCABCEFGEFGGG
Q4.
There are 3 _______________ in a Shakespearean sonnet.
quarters
quartets
quatres
Q5.
The final two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet share an end rhyme and are called _________________.
a couple of rhymes
a rhyme
a rhyming pair
Q6.
Which of the descriptions below is the correct definition of a 'volta' in poetry?
A change in the rhyme scheme
A repeated idea
The number of lines in the poem
Q7.
Where does the volta occur in a Shakespearean sonnet?
After each quatrain
At the start
Between lines 4 and 5
6 Questions
Q1.
Laura, the woman who inspired Petrarch's sonnets, was...
His mother
His sister
His wife
Q2.
What word would best fill the gap: 'Petrarch's sonnets depict a/an ______________ version of love'?
idolised
realistic
typical
Q3.
Which statement is correct?
Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets are exactly the same and both focus on unrequited love.
Petrarchan sonnets about the happiness love brings, whereas Shakespearean sonnets are about unrequited love.
Petrarchan sonnets are about idealised love, whereas Shakespearean sonnets are about the misery of love.
Q4.
Which of these rhyme schemes has been taken from a Petrarchan sonnet?
AABBCCDDEEFFGG
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
ABCABCDEFDEFGG
Q5.
Shakespearean sonnets consist of 3 quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet. Petrarchan sonnets consist of...
2 quatrains followed by 2 rhyming couplets
a rhyming couplet followed by 3 quatrains
a sestet followed by an octave
Q6.
The volta in Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets...
always occurs at the very end of the poem
always occurs between lines 6 and 7
Petrarchan sonnets do not have voltas