Poem Form and Structure Quick Check

Answer 1

1. What is the basic structure of a sonnet?
a. Fourteen lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter

2. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean (English) sonnet?
c. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

3. How many lines make up a quatrain in a Shakespearean sonnet?
b. Four lines

4. How are the final two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet typically structured?
c. They form a rhyming couplet

5. What is a common meter used in a Shakespearean sonnet?
a. Iambic pentameter