Across
- 5. From Sonnet 106: "When in the ______ of wasted time."
- 6. The "turn" or shift in thought or emotion in a sonnet, often occurring at line 9.
- 9. Missing word from Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a ______'s day?"
- 10. A 14-line poem typically written in iambic pentameter, like those Shakespeare wrote to the "Fair Youth."
- 13. A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
- 14. A stanza of four lines; a Shakespearean sonnet contains three of these.
- 16. A pair of rhyming lines at the end of a sonnet, such as "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
- 17. The rhythmic sound often used to describe the "heartbeat" of iambic pentameter.
- 19. From Sonnet 18: "But thy ______ summer shall not fade."
Down
- 1. From Sonnet 18: "Thou art more lovely and more ______."
- 2. Verse that is unrhymed but written in iambic pentameter.
- 3. From Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake the ______ buds of May."
- 4. The process of marking the stresses in a poem to determine its meter.
- 7. Total number of syllables in a standard line of iambic pentameter.
- 8. The type of syllable that begins an iambic foot.
- 9. The type of syllable that receives the emphasis in an iambic foot.
- 11. The Greek prefix meaning five.
- 12. A metrical foot consisting of one short (unstressed) syllable followed by one long (stressed) syllable.
- 15. A basic unit of measurement in poetry, containing a specific number of stressed and unstressed syllables.
- 18. A source of inspiration for a poet; Shakespeare often addresses his in the sonnets.
