LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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One sestet and one octet
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Three quatrain and one couplet
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One octet and one sestet
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Two quatrains and two tercets
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Detailed explanation-1: -Structure. The sonnet is split in two stanzas: the “octave ” or “octet” (of 8 lines) and the “sestet” (of 6 lines), for a total of 14 lines. The octave typically introduces the theme or problem using a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are many different types of sonnets. The Petrarchan sonnet, perfected by the Italian poet Petrarch, divides the 14 lines into two sections: an eight-line stanza (octave) rhyming ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD or CDECDE.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Petrarchan sonnet divides its lines between an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines).
Detailed explanation-4: -A sonnet is a type of fourteen-line poem. Traditionally, the fourteen lines of a sonnet consist of an octave (or two quatrains making up a stanza of 8 lines) and a sestet (a stanza of six lines). Sonnets generally use a meter of iambic pentameter, and follow a set rhyme scheme.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Petrarchan sonnet is so named for Francesco Petrarca, who popularized the form through 366 sonnets that he wrote about his love for a woman named Laura, who never returned his love.