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Sonnets

Sonnets. A Written Art Form. Sonnet. Popular literary form 14 lines Typically written in iambic pentameter. Types of Sonnets. Aka Petrarchan sonnet Divided into 2 parts (8 lines/octave and 6 lines/sestet) 1 st octave rhyme scheme: abbaabba with varying rhyme schemes on last sestet

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Sonnets

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  1. Sonnets A Written Art Form

  2. Sonnet • Popular literary form • 14 lines • Typically written in iambic pentameter

  3. Types of Sonnets • Aka Petrarchan sonnet • Divided into 2 parts (8 lines/octave and 6 lines/sestet) • 1st octave rhyme scheme: abbaabba with varying rhyme schemes on last sestet • Typically: octave presents issue that sestet resolves • Practice: “On First Looking” 1008 #1 • Aka Shakespearean sonnet • Organized into 3 quatrains and 1 couplet • Typical rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg • Many times: couplet resolves issue put forth in 3 quatrains • Practice “Shall I Compare” 1010 #1 Italian Sonnet English Sonnet

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