Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare

Question 1

Which statements about sonnets are true? Check all that apply.Shakespeare wrote plays, but not sonnets.The sonnet form was invented in Italy, and then adopted by English poets.Sonnets are a kind of poetry.Sonnets are written in free verse, with no fixed structure or rhyme scheme.The two types of sonnets are English (Shakespearean) and Italian (Petrarchan).Shakespeare’s sonnets frequently focus on love and romance.

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B: The sonnet form was invented in Italy, and then adopted by English poets.; C: Sonnets are a kind of poetry.; E: The two types of sonnets are English (Shakespearean) and Italian (Petrarchan).; F: Shakespeare’s sonnets frequently focus on love and romance.

Question 2

When I do count the clock that tells the time,

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A: a

Question 3

Which steps will help you identify central ideas in a sonnet? Check all that apply.using context clues or a dictionary to define unfamiliar wordsskipping over any words that are difficult or unfamiliarmarking the rhyme scheme of the poem using lowercase lettersrestating main ideas in my own wordsfinding a single idea or concept that links the big ideas in each quatrain

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A: using context clues or a dictionary to define unfamiliar words; D: restating main ideas in my own words; E: finding a single idea or concept that links the big ideas in each quatrain

Question 4

Read the second quatrain of “Sonnet 73,” and then answer the questions. | What is the best paraphrase of these lines? | What is the central idea of these lines?

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C: I am like a day at twilight, slowly becoming dark.

Question 5

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night,

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B: b

Question 6

Read the second quatrain of “Sonnet 73,” and then answer the questions. | What is the best paraphrase of these lines? | What is the central idea of these lines?

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B: The speaker is getting older.

Question 7

When I behold the violet past prime,

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A: a

Question 8

And sable curls all silvered o'er with white:

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B: b

Question 9

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves

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C: c

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