Sonnets
Shakespearian Sonnet/ English Sonnet
“My mistress’ eyes…”
- 14 lines
- x3 quatrains (4 lines each) - why it is an shakespearian sonnet?
- A rhyming couplet (2 consecutive rhyming lines)
- Rhyme Scheme:
A
B
A Quatrain
B
Space
C
D
C Quatrain
D
Space
E
F
E Quatrain
F
Space
G
G Rhyming couplet
Petrarchan Sonnet/ Italian Sonnet
“Composed on Westminster Bridge”
- 14 Lines
- x1 Octave ( 8 lines - poses a problem)
- VOLTA (Change/shift/turn)
- x1 Sestet (Solution offered to the problem)
- Rhyme Scheme:
A
B
B
A Octave
A
B
B
A
Volta - change in tone (break)
C C
D D
C Or E Sestet
D C
C D
D E
Shakespearian Sonnet/ English Sonnet
“My mistress’ eyes…”
- 14 lines
- x3 quatrains (4 lines each) - why it is an shakespearian sonnet?
- A rhyming couplet (2 consecutive rhyming lines)
- Rhyme Scheme:
A
B
A Quatrain
B
Space
C
D
C Quatrain
D
Space
E
F
E Quatrain
F
Space
G
G Rhyming couplet
Petrarchan Sonnet/ Italian Sonnet
“Composed on Westminster Bridge”
- 14 Lines
- x1 Octave ( 8 lines - poses a problem)
- VOLTA (Change/shift/turn)
- x1 Sestet (Solution offered to the problem)
- Rhyme Scheme:
A
B
B
A Octave
A
B
B
A
Volta - change in tone (break)
C C
D D
C Or E Sestet
D C
C D
D E
