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    A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme. It tells a story or expresses an idea over the course of the 14 lines, which are organized into quatrains (groups of 4 lines). The rhyme scheme and structure of sonnets can vary, but common types include the Shakespearean sonnet and Italian/Petrarchan sonnet. An Italian sonnet was introduced by Petrarch and follows an ABAB ABAB CDECDE rhyme scheme.

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    A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme. It tells a story or expresses an idea over the course of the 14 lines, which are organized into quatrains (groups of 4 lines). The rhyme scheme and structure of sonnets can vary, but common types include the Shakespearean sonnet and Italian/Petrarchan sonnet. An Italian sonnet was introduced by Petrarch and follows an ABAB ABAB CDECDE rhyme scheme.

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    A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme. It tells a story or expresses an idea over the course of the 14 lines, which are organized into quatrains (groups of 4 lines). The rhyme scheme and structure of sonnets can vary, but common types include the Shakespearean sonnet and Italian/Petrarchan sonnet. An Italian sonnet was introduced by Petrarch and follows an ABAB ABAB CDECDE rhyme scheme.

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    Sonnet

    The word sonnet is derived from the Italian word “sonetto,” which means a
    “little song” or small lyric. In poetry, a sonnet has 14 lines, and is written in
    iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. It has a
    specific rhyme scheme, and a volta, or a specific turn.

    A sonnet is simply a poem written in a certain format. You can identify a


    sonnet if the poem has the following characteristics:

     14 lines. All sonnets have 14 lines which can be broken down into


    four sections called quatrains. 

     A strict rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean


    sonnet is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG (note the four distinct sections
    in the rhyme scheme). 
     Written in iambic Pentameter. Sonnets are written in iambic
    pentameter, a poetic meter with 10 beats per line made up of
    alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.

    A sonnet can be broken down into four sections called quatrains. The first
    three quatrains contain four lines each and use an alternating rhyme
    scheme. The final quatrain consists of just two lines which both rhyme.

    Each quatrain should progress the poem as follows:

    1. First quatrain: This should establish the subject of the sonnet.


    Number of lines: 4. Rhyme Scheme: ABAB 
    2. Second quatrain: This should develop the sonnet’s theme.
    Number of lines: 4. Rhyme Scheme: CDCD 
    3. Third quatrain: This should round off the sonnet’s theme.
    Number of lines: 4. Rhyme Scheme: EFEF 
    4. Fourth quatrain: This should act as a conclusion to the
    sonnet.Number of lines: 2. Rhyme Scheme: GG
    Types of Sonnet

    Sonnets can be categorized into six major types:

    1. Italian Sonnet
    2. Shakespearean Sonnet
    3. Spenserian Sonnet
    4. Miltonic Sonnet
    5. Terza Rima Sonnet
    6. Curtal Sonnet

    Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet

    Italian or Petrarchan sonnet was introduced by 14th century


    Italian poet Francesco Petrarch.

    “Being one day at my window all alone,


    So manie strange things happened me to see,
    As much as it grieveth me to thinke thereon.
    At my right hand a hynde appear’d to mee,
    So faire as mote the greatest god delite;
    Two eager dogs did her pursue in chace.
    Of which the one was blacke, the other white:
    With deadly force so in their cruell race
    They pincht the haunches of that gentle beast,
    That at the last, and in short time, I spide,
    Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,
    Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.
    Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie
    Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.”

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