ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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What is sonnet?
A
A prose of special nature
B
A sacred poem of reputed poet
C
A poem of fourteen lines
D
A criticism of a poet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization. The name is taken from the Italian sonetto, which means “a little sound or song.”

Detailed explanation-2: –The Spenserian sonnet is a 14-line poem developed by Edmund Spenser in his Amoretti, that varies the English form by interlocking the three quatrains (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE).-The stretched sonnet is extended to 16 or more lines, such as those in George Meredith’s sequence Modern Love.

Detailed explanation-3: -English poets borrowed the sonnet form from the Italian poet Francesco Petrarch. Traditionally, it has fourteen lines of iambic pentameter linked by an intricate rhyme scheme. Iambic pentameter refers to its rhythm; basically, each line of the poem has ten syllables, and every other syllable is stressed.

Detailed explanation-4: -: a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme. also : a poem in this pattern.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is a Sonnet? A sonnet (pronounced son-it) is a fourteen line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme. Often, sonnets use iambic pentameter: five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables for a ten-syllable line. Sonnets were invented by the Italian poet Giacomo da Lentini during the 1200s.

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