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A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines.
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A Shakespearean sonnet consists of the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g.
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A sonnet is only written in Italian.
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The last two lines of a sonnet are a rhyming couplet.
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Detailed explanation-1: -sonnet, fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Three stanzas–two quatrains and a sestet. A rhyme scheme of abba abba in the quatrains, and cdc dcd with some variations in the sestet. Conceit: an elaborate and surprising comparison between two apparently dissimilar things. Metaphor/ Simile: a comparison of two unlike objects or an idea and an object. More items