Sonnets “If it’s square, it’s a sonnet.” Thomas C. Foster.

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Sonnets “If it’s square, it’s a sonnet.” Thomas C. Foster

Sonnets sonnet: 14 line lyric poem focused on a single theme Shakespearean sonnet:  three quatrains (four lines) + a couplet  rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Petrarchan sonnet:  An octave (eight lines) + a sestet (six lines)  rhyme scheme: abba abba cde cde OR abba abba cdc dcd

Sonnets turn: resolution or answer to idea posed in first part of sonnet  The sestet usually answers the octave  The couplet usually resolves the previous 12 lines  Shakespearean sonnets sometimes have two turns

Sonnets rhyme scheme: regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem (indicated by letter notation): The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, a The furrow followed free;b We were the first that ever burstc Into that silent sea.b

Sonnets scansion: a method of study that measures rhythms in a poem  Separates metrical feet  Counts syllables  Marks accented syllables  Indicates pauses

Sonnets iambic pentameter: a line of poetry with five iambs an iamb is a metrical foot, or unit of measure, consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable pentameter means there are five such feet in a line

Sonnets iambic pentameter examples: I went / uptown / to buy / a loaf / of bread Forlorn! / The ve / ry word / is like / a bell To toll / me back / from thee / to my / sole self!