hon brit lit poets/sonnets quiz
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Shakespeare rhyme scheme (English/Shakespearian)
3 quatrain, 1 couplet (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
Spencer rhyme scheme (Spenserian)
3 quatrain, 1 couplet (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE)
Petrarch rhyme scheme (Italian/Petrarchan)
1 octave, 1 sestet (ABBAABBA CDECDE)
how many sonnets did Shakespeare write? whom did he write to?
154, First 126 to a young boy, the last 28 to a “dark lady”
how many sonnets did Petrarch write? whom did he write to?
366, Luara, random church girl with kids
how many sonnets did Spencer write? whom did he write to? (The only one who got the girl!)
89, Elizabeth Boyle, Queen Elizabeth
who was the first to write sonnet? (Italian)
Petrarch
who wanted to be a part of Queen Elizabeth’s court but was never invited?
Spencer
who wrote sonnets mostly during a plague?
Shakespear
