Sonnet ­­ 14­line poem that focuses on personal feelings and thoughts using iambic pentameter (five metrical units, each consisting of an unstressed syllabus followed by a stressed syllable for a total of 10 syllables per line) and a structured rhyme scheme
Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet ­­ octave (8 lines) with abbaabba rhyme scheme followed by a sestet (6 lines) with cdcdcd rhyme scheme
English (Shakespearean) Sonnet ­­ three quatrains (4 lines) with abab, cdcd, efef rhyme scheme followedy by a couplet with gg rhyme scheme
Spenserian Sonnet ­­ Three quatrains and a couplet with an interlocking rhyme scheme of abab bdbd cdcd ee
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