ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The last six lines in a sonnet that answer the question posed in the first eight lines. A metrical foot consisting of two syllables in an unaccented, accented pattern. A type of sonnet that consists of an octave and a sestet; a break in thought or a turn comes between the two.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the traditional Italian sonnet, the first eight lines, called the octave, present a problem, query, or personal doubt. The last six lines or sestet presents the resolution to the problem or answers the question posited in the octave.

Detailed explanation-3: -Named after one of its greatest practitioners, the Italian poet Petrarch, the Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two stanzas, the octave (the first eight lines) followed by the answering sestet (the final six lines).

Detailed explanation-4: -The first eight lines, the octave, state a problem, ask a question, or express an emotional tension. The last six lines, the sestet, resolve the problem, answer the question, or relieve the tension. The octave is rhymed abbaabba. The rhyme scheme of the sestet varies; it may be cdecde, cdccdc, or cdedce.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.