Sonnets

I love sonnets - they are perfect structures of artistic beauty. They are challenging and creative. In the last few days we've reviewed two types of sonnets, the Italian (Petrarchan) and English (Shakespearean) sonnets.
Both have 14 lines, but the Italian consists of an octave and a sestet. The English has 3 quatrains and ends with a rhyming couplet. Keep this in mind as you craft your own sonnets and prepare for tomorrow's quiz.

English sonnet
14 lines in iambic pentameter
10 syllables –accent on second syllable
3 stanzas of four lines (quatrains) each and a final unit of two lines (couplet)
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Italian Sonnet
•Consists of an octave (an eight-line stanza)
•Rhyme is abbaabba
• a sestet (a six-line stanza)
•Rhyme is cdcdcd, or cdecde--or using some other variation of the cd or cde patterns
•No final rhymed couplet as in English sonnet
Volta = turning point