The Development Of The Sonnet

The   D evelopment   o f   t he   S onnet    

NAME   _ _______________________________________  

Read   p .242   –   2 43   i n   y our   t ext   a nd   a nswer   t hese   q uestions.     K eep   t his   s heet   w ith   y our   n otes.  

 

1.   W here   d oes   t he   w ord   s onnet   c ome   f rom?  

 

 

2.   H ow   m any   l ines   d oes   t he   s onnet   c ontain?  

 

3.   W hat   a re   s ome   t hemes   t hat   s onnets   t ypically   e xplore?  

 

 

4.   W ho   p opularized   t he   s onnet?   W hen?  

 

 

5.   W hat   d id   p oet   W illiam   W ordsworth   o bserve   a bout   t he   s onnet?  

 

 

Meter   a nd   R hyme   P atterns  

 

6.   T raditional   s onnets   h ave   _ ________   l ines,   w ritten   i n   _ _________________     _ ___________________.  

 

7.   E xplain   i ambic   p entameter:  

 

 

 

8.   E xplain   t he   r hyme   s cheme   “ abab”.  

 

 

 

Sonnet   F orms  

 

9.   N ame   t he   t hree   m ajor   s onnet   f orms.     D escribe   e ach   f orm   a nd   i ts   r hyme   s cheme.  

 

 

A.   _ ______________________________________   -­‐    

 

 

 

 

B.   _ ______________________________________   -­‐    

 

 

 

 

C.   _ ______________________________________   -­‐    

 

 

10.   W hat   d o   a ll   t hree   f orms   h ave   i n   c ommon?  

 

11.   W hat   i s   t he   t urn   i n   r eference   t o   a   s onnet?  

 

 

RESPOND   A ND   T HINK   C RITICALLY.   W orking   w ith   y our   p artner,   a nswer   q uestions   1 ,   2 ,   &   3  

(found   o n   p .   2 43)   o n   t he   b ack   o f   t his   p aper.