Sonnets (ENGLISH 9)

• It is a lyric poem in 14 lines. Each line is written in iambic parameter-ten syllables with alternate stressed and unstressed beats.

  Sonnet
• It is a type of sonnet that is named after Francisco Petrarca (Or Petrarch). It consists of the octave (first eight lines) and sestet (last six lines).

  Petrarchan Sonnet
• It is a type of Sonnet named after William Shakespeare. It is divided into quatrains (three four-line parts) and the couplet (final two lines)

  Shakespearean Sonnet
• _____ presents a problem, while _____ provides the solution

  Octave; Sestet
• Each _____ develops the theme, while the final _____ presents a concluding statement

  Quatrains; Couplet
• What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet?

  ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG
• What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan Sonnet?

  ABBA-ABBB-CDEDEC
• Who is the author of Sonnet 43?

  Elizabeth Barret Browning
• Who is the author of Sonnet 18?

  William Shakespeare
• It means always 2 syllables together. The 1st syllable is unstressed while the second syllable is stressed.

  Iamb
• There are _ iambs in each iambic pentameter

  5
• 2 syllables per iamb x 5 iambs per line is equivalent to _____.

  10 syllables per line.
• They are ingenious and fanciful comparisons of two apparently very different things.

  Petrarchan conceits
• A shift in focus or thought

  Turn
• It occurs between the octave and sestet (often in line 9) and acts as the transition between the 2 sections.

  Petrarchan turn
• Shakespeare wrote more than ___ sonnets.

  150
• All of his sonnets have a _____ speaker

  Male
• Many deal with the subject of _____

  Love
• It occurs in the third quatrain. A second turn often occurs in the couplet.

  Shakespearean turn