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