Shakespeare Sonnets (these are the questions i REALLY need help on)

1. Shakespearean sonnets are otherwise known as ________________ sonnets; Petrarchan sonnets are otherwise known as _________________ sonnets.

2. Sonnets are written in _______________________ ________________________. This is a metrical pattern made up of ten beats per line alternating in __________________and ____________________________syllables.

3. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet? _______________________

4. List the three subjects to whom Shakespeare wrote his sonnets.
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5. Lines 1-8 of Shakespeare’s sonnets state the _____________________________.
Lines 9-12 of the sonnets reveal the ____________________________.
Lines 13-14 state the ________________________________.


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