Reading Comprehension #14017

Practice Exercise 16 C

Sonnets

  1. Answer the questions.

    1. What is the complete rhyme scheme for the poem? Write it on the line below.

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    2. What is the main idea or theme of the sonnet?

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    3. Is this an example of an Italian or an Elizabethan sonnet? Explain your answer in a paragraph.

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    4. Explain the meaning of the following quote.

         “My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;”

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