Iambic Pentameter and Sonnet Structure

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Iambic Pentameter

A rhythm and meter in a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable; It has 10 syllables in all.

<p>A rhythm and meter in a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable; It has 10 syllables in all.</p>
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foot

One measure of patterned syllables in a line of verse; in the case of iambic pentameter, a foot contains one unstressed and one stressed syllable.

<p>One measure of patterned syllables in a line of verse; in the case of iambic pentameter, a foot contains one unstressed and one stressed syllable.</p>
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meter

The beat of a poem

<p>The beat of a poem</p>
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syllables

Beats in a word; can be unstressed or stressed.

<p>Beats in a word; can be unstressed or stressed.</p>
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Sonnet's have ____ lines

14

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Sonnets have _____ quatrains

3

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Sonnets have _____ couplet

1

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Sonnets are written with this rhythm and meter

Iambic Pentameter

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A sonnet's rhyme scheme

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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Shakespeare's English is ________

Early Modern English

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Fretag's pyramid

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement

<p>exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement</p>

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