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THE SONNET
a lyrical poem composed by:
14 lines
written in iambic pentameters
Sir Thomas Wyatt
a brilliant courtier
diplomatic missions
Italy
Petrarch's Canzoniere
written in iambic pentameters
rhyme scheme changed
France
Spain
2 types of sonnets:
English Sonnet composed by: three quatrains (ABAB CDCD EFEF) final couplet (GG)
William Shakespear
Italian Sonnet
composed by:
octave (ABBA ABBA)
sestet (CDE CDE)
8+6
Themes
Love and marriage
Love and its complexities
Division of the sonnet
Sonnets 127-154: Dark Lady
Sonnets 1-126: Fair Youth
Immortality
Brevity of man's life
Marriage
Poetry