ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Petrarchan sonnet divides its lines between an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines).

Detailed explanation-2: -In the octave of a Petrarchan sonnet, a problem or conflict is presented. In these eight lines, the poet poses questions and wonders about a specific situation. The subsequent six lines, called sestet, offer answers or a resolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Petrarchan sonnet, also known as the Italian sonnet, is a sonnet named after the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca, although it was not developed by Petrarch himself, but rather by a string of Renaissance poets.

Detailed explanation-4: -A six-line stanza, or the final six lines of a 14-line Italian or Petrarchan sonnet. A sestet refers only to the final portion of a sonnet, otherwise the six-line stanza is known as a sexain. The second stanza of Emily Dickinson’s “The Soul has Bandaged Moments” is a sexain. “Sestina: Like, ” by A.E.

Detailed explanation-5: -Called the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet, this sonnet structure consists of first an octave (eight lines of verse in iambic pentameter) and then a sestet (six lines). The rhyme scheme is abba abba; the rhyme scheme in the sestet can vary a little but is typically cde cde or cdc dcd.