ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Sonnet. A 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy and brought to England by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, earl of Surrey in the 16th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -A sonnet is a formal poem with a fixed structure. It is 14 lines long and each line contains 10 syllables. Sonnet lines are in iambic pentameter which means the line has 10 syllables in 5 pairs. In each of these pairs the emphasis is on the second syllable like a heartbeat.

Detailed explanation-3: -The English Sonnet, or Shakespearean Sonnet, named for William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Both sonnet forms have 14 lines, but differ in structure and rhyme scheme.

Detailed explanation-4: -Septet. A stanza with seven lines. This is sometimes called a “rhyme royal.”