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Sonnets
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Describe the term Stanza
A stanza in a poem is the same as a paragraph(alinea) in a text. -
Describe the term Sonnet
A rhyme scheme.
- Always 14 lines.
- Each line has 10 syllables called iambic pentameter.
- A sonnet consists of 3 quatrains and a couplet.
- Characterised by a 'turn' at a designated point. -
Describe a Shakespearean sonnet
abab cdcd efef gg
Is different to a Petrarchan sonnet (Francesco Petrarca) -
What is a sestet?
6 lines of rhyming poetry.
Italian sonnets consist of an octave and a sestet. -
Describe iambic pentameter
A line of poetry containing 5 times 'da-DUM'
Penta = 5
iambic: every 2nd syllable is stressed.
iamb = da-DUM
pentameter: the iamb repeats 5 times. -
What is a metaphor?
A comparison where you say something is something else, two unrelated things identified as the same.
"Love is a rose"
"He is a pig"
"All the world's is a stage" (Shakespeare) -
What is a simile?
A comparison between 2 things using 'like' or 'as'
'As tall as a giraffe, as smelly as dirty socks, sweet as a honeybee' -
What is a volta?
The point where a sonnet changes (turns) what it's talking about.
in English poems, it happens in every couplet.
In Italian poems every sestet. -
What is a three-line stanza?
A tercet -
What is a five-line stanza?
A cinquain, or quintet
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