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Exploring the Structure of Sonnets: Forms, Meter, and Rhyme Schemes

This concise guide delves into the intricacies of sonnets, which are fourteen-line poems typically structured in iambic pentameter. It covers essential elements such as meter—units of stressed and unstressed syllables—and various forms of sonnets, including the Petrarchan (Italian) and the Shakespearean (English) sonnets, detailing their unique rhyme schemes. Readers will learn about the octave, sestet, quatrains, and couplets that define these poetic structures and understand how they create rhythm and emotion in poetry.

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Exploring the Structure of Sonnets: Forms, Meter, and Rhyme Schemes

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  1. Poetry:Sonnets

  2. 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

  3. Sonnet • Fourteen Line Poem • Usually written in Iambic pentameter

  4. Octave An eight-line stanza Sestet A six line stanza

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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