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The Sonnet

The Sonnet. The sonnet is a poem steeped in tradition, and favored by some of the English language’s most honored poets. The sonnet is a lyric poem Fourteen lines Last two lines a couplet Fixed rhyme scheme Closed or fixed form. Sonnet Features. Rhyme scheme:

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The Sonnet

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  1. The Sonnet • The sonnet is a poem steeped in tradition, and favored by some of the English language’s most honored poets. • The sonnet is a lyric poem • Fourteen lines • Last two lines a couplet • Fixed rhyme scheme • Closed or fixed form

  2. Sonnet Features • Rhyme scheme: • Shakespearean: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG • Spenserian: ABBA CDDC EFG EFG • Italian: ABBA ABBA CDE CDE • ABBA ABBA CED CED • ABBA ABBA CD CDCD

  3. Shakespearian Sonnet Features • Pattern is similar to a heartbeat • weakSTRONGweakSTRONGweakSTRONG • The Shakespearian sonnet is broken up into quatrains and ends with a rhyming couplet

  4. Sonnet Features • The meter of a sonnet is iambic pentameter—that’s a meter with five sets of iambs, or syllable pairs that follow an unstressed syllable by a stressed syllable. • The “shift” in a sonnet usually comes in the final rhyming couplet. Shall I compare thee to a summer rose? Check out how iambic pentameter works!

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