Basics of English poetry

[Shakthiprabha.]

I thought we can talk bout basic terms in alphabetical order.

Since the talk is now shifted to SONNET.

LEts c what a sonnet is!

Sonnet

A lyric poem that is 14 lines long.

Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnets are divided into two quatrains and a six-line "sestet," with the rhyme scheme abba abba cdecde (or cdcdcd).

English (or Shakespearean) sonnets are composed of three quatrains and a final couplet, with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. English sonnets are written generally in iambic pentameter.


14 lines anyone wanna try