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Title: Sonnet
Description: This is a short note on Sonnet. It includes the origin of sonnet, the tyes of sonnets and the formats.

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The Sonnet
Shwetha Ragothaman Rao

The Origin
Birthplace is not known

Found in Italy in the later 13th century
Associated with Petrarch
Originally a short poem recited to the accompaniment of
a song
Italian word- Sonnetto – little sound or strain

The Italian Sonnet
 Often known as Petrarchan
 Short poem of 14 lines
 Has two part – octave and sestet
 Ocatave - a b b a a b b a
 Sestet- c d c c d c,
 Caesura

 Volta

The English Sonnet
Introduced by Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey
The form underwent a change
A rhyme scheme different from the Italian model
Three quatrains, alternate rhyme
A b a b, c d c d, e f e f, g g
No caesura and Volta

Spenserian Variety
Evolved a new variety
Each of the quatrains are linked to
each other
a b a b, b c b c, c d c d, e e

The Subjects of the
Sonnet
No set range of subjects

Shakespeare had limited the themes to love
Milton widened the scope
Included almost everything within the range of
human feeling and experience

Thank You


Title: Sonnet
Description: This is a short note on Sonnet. It includes the origin of sonnet, the tyes of sonnets and the formats.