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Poetry: Sonnets. Meter A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. Foot A metrical unit of poetry Iamb A metrical foot in poetry that has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Sonnet. Fourteen Line Poem Usually written in Iambic pentameter. Octave.
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Meter A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. Foot A metrical unit of poetry Iamb A metrical foot in poetry that has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Sonnet • Fourteen Line Poem • Usually written in Iambic pentameter
Octave An eight-line stanza Sestet A six line stanza
A B B A A B B A C D C D C D A B B A A B B A C D E C D E Petrarchan Sonnet(Italian Sonnet) • Divided into two parts • Octave (eight lines) • With the rhyme scheme abbaabba • Sestet (six lines) • With the rhyme scheme cdecde or cdcdcd Octave Sestet
Quatrain A four line stanza or poem or a group of four lines unified by a rhyme scheme Couplet Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry
A B A B C D C D E F E F G G Shakespearean Sonnet(English Sonnet) Quatrain #1 • Three Quatrains • Quatrain= four lines • One Couplet • Couplet= two lines • Rhyme Scheme • abab cdcd efef gg Quatrain #2 Quatrain #3 Couplet
A B A B B C B C C D C D E E Spenserian Sonnet Quatrain #1 • Like the Shakespearean Sonnet but w/ a different rhyme scheme • abab bcbc cdcd ee • Rhyme scheme links quatrains • Three Quatrains • Quatrain= four lines • One Couplet • Couplet= two lines Quatrain #2 Quatrain #3 Couplet