Form and Structure

Form and Structure

SONNETS:

• 2 main types of sonnet - Eurpoean/Shakespearean and Petrarchan
• 14 lines and they rhyme in a particular pattern
• Shakespearean: 3 quatrains and 1 rhyming couplet ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
• Petrarchan: 1 octave plus 1 sestet ABABABAB CDE CDE, tends to have a change/shift after octave

RHYTHM:

• iambic pentameter
• 10 syllables
• organised into 5 pairs or iambs/feet
• emphasised/stressed - pairs have an unstressed syllabule followed by a stressed one
• difficult to write sonnets because of restrictions but advantage is…