ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

EDMUND SPENSER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A type of sonnet that consists of three quatrains and a couplet, with an interlocking rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.
A
Shakespearean Sonnet
B
Italian Sonnet
C
English Sonnet
D
Spenserian Sonnet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –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).

Detailed explanation-2: -The variation of the sonnet form that Shakespeare used-comprised of three quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg-is called the English or Shakespearean sonnet form, although others had used it before him.

Detailed explanation-3: -What Is a Spenserian sonnet? A Spenserian sonnet is a variation on the Shakespearean sonnet, with a more challenging rhyme scheme: ABAB BCBC CDCD EE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespearean sonnets Shakespeare’s sonnets are composed of 14 lines, and most are divided into three quatrains and a final, concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. This sonnet form and rhyme scheme is known as the ‘English’ sonnet.

Detailed explanation-5: -A sonnet is a poem with fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme (abab cdcd efef gg) and specific structure.

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