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Sonnets

Sonnets. Sonnet. A sonnet is a lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. There are two types of sonnets: -Shakespearean ( also called Elizabethan ) -Italian (also called Petrarchan ). Shakespearean Sonnet.

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Sonnets

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  1. Sonnets

  2. Sonnet A sonnet is a lyric poem of 14 lines, commonlywritten in iambic pentameter. There are two types of sonnets: -Shakespearean (also called Elizabethan) -Italian (also called Petrarchan)

  3. Shakespearean Sonnet The sonnet form used by Shakespeare, composed of three quatrains and a terminal couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern ababcdcdefefgg.(Also called Elizabethan sonnetor English sonnet.) Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? aThou art more lovely and more temperate: bRough winds do shake the darling buds of May, aAnd summer's lease hath all too short a date: b Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, cAnd often is his gold complexion dimm'd; dAnd every fair from fair sometime declines, cBy chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d But thy eternal summer shall not fade eNor lose possession of that fair thou owest; fNor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, eWhen in eternal lines to time thou growest: f So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, gSo long lives this and this gives life to thee. g Quatrain 1 Quatrain 2 Quatrain 3 Couplet

  4. #85 Italian Sonnet A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd The world is too much with us; late and soon, a Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: b Little we see in nature that is ours: b We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! a The sea that bared her bosom to the moon; a The winds that will be howling at all hours, b And are up-gather'd now like sleeping flowers; b For this, for everything, we are out of tune; a It moves us not- Great God! I'd rather be c A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn: d So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, c Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; d Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; c Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. d Octave (8 lines) Sestet (6 lines)

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