![]() William Shakespeare was not the first to write sonnets in English, but he became perhaps the most famous sonneteer, and therefore the English form is also sometimes called Shakespearean. The English sonnet is sometimes also known as Elizabethan because they came into popularity in the English language during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, i.e., in the mid- to late-1500s. English, Elizabethan, or Shakespearean Sonnet ![]() There are a few other accepted rhyme schemes for the sestets in Italian sonnets, such as CDD CDE or CDC DCD. The rhyme scheme he used was generally ABBA ABBA for the octave and either CDC CDC or CDE CDE for the sestet. Italian sonnets are known as Petrarchan because the Italian writer Petrarch was one of the main proponents of the form. The ninth line of this sonnet, i.e., the first line of the sestet marks a turn in mood or stance whether or not there is a satisfactory conclusion. The octave proposes a problem or question, and the sestet generally proposes the solution, or leads toward a conclusion. The Italian sonnet, which was created first, is the combination of an octave (eight lines broken into two quatrains) and a sestet (six lines broken into two tercets). All sonnets, whether Italian or English, generally are written in iambic pentameter. Though the definition of sonnet states that the poem must have fourteen lines, there are a few variations with this form. ![]() ![]() Self Fulfilling Prophecy report this ad Sonnet.
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