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    TYPES

    OF
    POEMS
    (part 2)
    SONNET
    ✓ term comes from the Italian word
    sonetto, meaning “a little song” or
    “a little sound.”
    ✓ Traditionally, the sonnet is a
    fourteen-line poem written in iambic
    pentameter, with a very
    particular rhyme scheme and
    thematic structure
    SONNET FORMS
    Petrarchan Sonnet
    ✓ The Petrarchan sonnet is named after the fourteenth
    century Italian poet Francesco Petrarca(Petrarch),
    often referred to as the “Father of Humanism.”
    ✓ The Petrarchan sonnet contains 14 lines, divided into
    two stanzas: the first eight lines are called an octave;
    the next six lines are called a sestet. The octave
    presents a question or argument or observation.
    ✓ The direction of the poem generally shifts in
    line eight or nine. The shift is called a
    volta. The remaining lines of the poem
    resolve the argument or observation
    presented in the beginning lines of the poem. The
    rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet is abba, abba,
    cdecde or cdcdcd.
    SONNET FORMS
    Shakespearean Sonnet
    ✓ also called the English sonnet, named after the
    sixteenth century English poet and playwright
    William Shakespeare.
    ✓ It is comprised of three quatrains of four lines
    each, followed by a couplet of two lines. The
    couplet usually states a conclusion or even a
    reversal of the ideas presented in the three
    quatrains.
    ✓ Typically the theme of the poem is stated in the
    couplet. Sometimes there is a shift (a volta) in
    the third quatrain. The rhyme scheme is
    abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
    SHAKEPEAREAN SONNET
    SONNET TERMS
    octave: an 8-line stanza of poetry
    sestet: a 6-line stanza of poetry
    quatrain: a 4-line stanza of poetry
    couplet: a two-line stanza of poetry
    volta: a shift or turn of direction in a poem’s
    argument or idea

    SONNET
    Let’s
    Write
    Then Revise and check for syllable count
    and rhyme scheme. Finalize!

    REFERENCES
    • https://www.dcs.k12.oh.us/cms/lib/OH16000212/Centricity/Domain/161/Sonnets%20Step-by-Step.pdf •
    https://www.pgliterarytranslation.com/resources/TheSonnet.pdf
    • http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/sonnet_handout.pdf
    • https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45528/london-1802
    • www.canva.com (for the cover)

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