Sonnet Assignment

1. Identify the parts of a sonnet by completing the "Parts of the Sonnet" activity.

2. Unscramble one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets by completing the "Sonnet Unscrambler".

• Why is a sonnet an appropriate poetic form with which to bring the two lovers together in Shakespeare's play?
• What did poets typically use sonnets for at the time when Shakespeare was writing Romeo and Juliet, in the early 1590s?