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What Is A Sonnet?: Understanding The Forms, Meter, Rhyme, and Other Aspects of The Sonnet

A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme. There are two main types of sonnets - the Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, which has an octave rhyme scheme followed by a sestet, and the English or Shakespearean sonnet with three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. Sonnets typically introduce a problem in the beginning and provide a resolution, and can be about any subject including love or nature. Francesco Petrarch was an influential Italian poet who popularized the sonnet form through his collection addressing his love for Laura.

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What Is A Sonnet?: Understanding The Forms, Meter, Rhyme, and Other Aspects of The Sonnet

A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme. There are two main types of sonnets - the Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, which has an octave rhyme scheme followed by a sestet, and the English or Shakespearean sonnet with three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. Sonnets typically introduce a problem in the beginning and provide a resolution, and can be about any subject including love or nature. Francesco Petrarch was an influential Italian poet who popularized the sonnet form through his collection addressing his love for Laura.

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What is a Sonnet?

Understanding the forms,


meter, rhyme, and other
aspects of the sonnet.
Sonnet Form
• A sonnet has 14 lines.
• A sonnet must be written in iambic pentameter
• A sonnet must follow a specific rhyme scheme,
depending on the type of sonnet.
• A sonnet can be about any subject, though they are
often about love or nature.
• A sonnet introduces a problem or question in the
beginning, and a resolution is offered after the turn.
Iambic Pentameter

• A line of Iambic Pentameter is a line with


ten beats.
• An “Iamb” is two beats, or one “foot.”
• “Penta” is five (line has five “feet”).
• “Meter” is the rhythm of the poem.
• A “foot” is made of an unstressed
syllable and a stressed syllable (in that
order).
Italian scholar and
poet
“Greatest Italian poet
of the
14th century”
Famous for poetry
and wrote how to
woo (seek favor)
Celebrated his love for
his
muse - Laura through a
Francesco collection of poems called
Petrarch “Canzoniere.” (366
sonnets)
Italian Sonnet
• An Italian Sonnet is also called a Petrarchan
Sonnet.
• It includes an octave (eight lines) and a sestet
(six lines).
• The rhyme scheme must begin with abbaabba,
and can conclude with any variation of c, d, and
e (cdecde, cdcdee, etc.).
• The turn must occur between the octave and the
sestet.
English Sonnet
• An English Sonnet is also called a
Shakespearean Sonnet.
• It includes three quatrains (groups of four
lines) and a couplet (two lines).
• The rhyme scheme is often abab cdcd efef
gg.
• The turn is either after eight lines or ten
lines.
Question!!!!
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• Alliteration-is the repetition of initial letters
of words or sounds close together in a
phrase or a sentence.

• Metaphor-describing something a being


something else.Comparison without using
the word”like or as”.

• Imagery-visually descriptive or figurative


language.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• Symbolism-using one object or idea


to represent another.

• Personification-attributing human
qualities to non-human objects.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• Anaphora-repetition of words or
phrase at the beginning of series of
clauses or sentences.

• Metaphor-describing something a
being something else.Comparison
without using the word”like or as”.
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