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

[Designer]

WANNA TRY ?

she asked anyone wanna try
so i begin without a cry
a few thoughts to fry
some garnishing wry
but dont say oh my my
i warned you didnt i ?
rhyming is my crime
more worth than a dime
am not gonna pay a fine
but if the judge is gonna pine
here are my five pence and nine
this is my first sonnet
not my bee in the bonnet
and not equal to a Monnet !

[Shakthiprabha.]

This is not a sonnet des (as far as IVe understood )

it should rhyme the foll way

a
b
a
b

c
d
c
d

e
f
e
f

g
g

[Designer]

PL : well, maybe others can clarify more. i will try again after they do

[Shakthiprabha.]

yeah... I am sorry if i am wrong but thats what ive understood.

Did u write that

its good

[Designer]

yeah... I am sorry if i am wrong but thats what ive understood.

Did u write that

its good

PL : its ok. and ya i wrote it just now, thnx

[Wibha]

talking bout sonnets....

please help me by explaining IAMBIC PENTAMETER

and i think basics v should put up all the Literary Devices.......mainly Figurative Language

[Tia]

iambic pentameter is the natural way in which we speak isn't it? wel...the syllables are....

cant really believe shakespear wrote more than 100 or so sonnets.... have to read them one by one every english lesson

unstressed - stressed - unstressed - stressed - unstressed - stressed - unstressed - stressed - unstressed - stressed

[Tia]

and oh yahh...also the last two lines (gg) summarise or give an ending to the whole poem....

[Shakthiprabha.]

iamb

A metrical foot of two syllables, one short (or unstressed) and one long (or stressed). There are four iambs in the line “Come live/ with me/ and be/ my love,” from a poem by Christopher Marlowe. (The stressed syllables are in bold.)

tia is right.

iambic pentameter

A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. (The prefix penta- means “five,” as in pentagon, a geometrical figure with five sides. Meter refers to rhythmic units. In a line of iambic pentameter, there are five rhythmic units that are iambs.) Shakespeare's plays were written mostly in iambic pentameter, which is the most common type of meter in English poetry. An example of an iambic pentameter line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is “But soft!/ What light/ through yon/der win/dow breaks?” Another, from Richard III, is “A horse!/ A horse!/ My king/dom for/ a horse!” (The stressed syllables are in bold.)



It all depends on HOW WE PRONOUNCE AND WHERE WE STRESS AINT NOT?

tia,

I did not get u regarding 'gg' finishing the whole poem [/tscii]