Sonnet Vocabulary

Sonnet a verse form of 14 lines in iambic

pentameter with rhymes arranged according to a fixed scheme

Imagery use of language to create mental

images and sensory impressions; can be used for emotional effect and to intensify the impact on the reader

Analogy figurative language that makes

comparisons in unexpected ways with the purpose of showing similarities in process or structure

Figurative Languarge language not intended to be taken

literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

Iambic Pentameter a commonly used metric line where

each line of a poem is made up of 10 syllables; the syllables are counted in pairs as iambs/feet and follow the pattern unstressed/stressed

Shakespearean Sonnet a sonnet where the first 12 lines are

divided into 3 quatrains (sets of 4 lines) which set up a theme or problem that is resolved in the last 2 lines which are a rhyming couplet

Rhyme Scheme the pattern of rhyming lines; for

Shakespearean sonnets it is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG