the sonnet. creation originally created in italy in the 1200s by the poet lentino. in english...

THE SONNET

CREATION

Originally created in Italy in the 1200s by the poet Lentino. In English poetry, the poet Petrarch made it popular.

DEFINITION

A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines of iambic pentameter.

The subjects of sonnets is usually love.

RHYME PATTERNSRhymes in a number of different patterns, 2 of which are:

Italian (also called Petrarchan)English (also called Shakespearean)

RHYME SCHEME

The pattern of end rhyme in a stanza or poem.

Generally denoted with small-case letters, with each letter assigned a different ending sound.

EXAMPLESing a song of sixpence, a

A pocket full of rye, bFour and twenty blackbirds,cBaked in a pie. bWhen the pie was opened, dThe birds began to sing. eWas this not a dainty dish fTo set before the king? e

ITALIAN (PETRARCHAN) SONNET

Italian (Petrarchan)

The original form of a sonnet.

Consists of an octet (a group of 8 lines) and a sestet (group of 6 lines).

Italian (Petrarchan)

Petrarch’s sonnets were usually about love and were written to a girl named Laura.

Italian (Petrarchan)

There are 3 possible rhyme schemes:

abbaabba ccddee

abbaabba cdecde

abbaabba cdcdee

ENGLISH (SHAKESPEAREAN) SONNET

English (Shakespearean)

The most common in English.

He wrote about many subjects, including his good friend, aging, immortality of poetry, a woman, and emotional problems.

English (Shakespearean)

Consists of 3 quatrains (4-line stanzas) and a couplet (2 lines that rhyme).

The rhyme scheme is:

abab cdcd efef gg