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The difference is in their structure - both have fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, but they are organized in different ways.
A Petrarchan (also called an "Italian") Sonnet, is composed of an octave (eight lines) followed by a sestet (six lines). The rhyme scheme of the octave is typically abbaabba (this is easy in Italian because so many words end in suffixes like "-ello" or "-etto").
The octave sets up the problem of the sonnet, which might be something like the brevity of a lifetime or the transience of beauty. The sestet has its own rhyme scheme, and there are several acceptable patterns (cdcdcd, cdecde, to name a couple). The sestet resolves the problem set up in the octave - if the problem is the transience of beauty, perhaps the solution is that the person's beauty will live on in the poem. The change in tone between the octave and the sestet is called a turn, or a "volta."
The Shakespearean (also called an "English") sonnet is composed of four quatrains (of four lines each) and a concluding couplet (two lines). The rhyme scheme is as follows: abab cdcd efef gg. Each quatrain serves to develop an element or a facet of the problem.
For example, a sonnet about the transience of beauty might have one quatrain about the beloved's charms, one comparing her to the seasons, and one about how she will eventually die. The couplet solves the problem of the quatrains, just as the sestet solves the problem of the octave in Petrarchan sonnet. The volta traditionally occurs between the third quatrain and the couplet. Because you have to solve the problem in two lines, the couplet tends to be particularly witty and significant.
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Is sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare a petrarchan sonnet?
yes
What is the Structure of Ozymandias?
petrarchan sonnet
What is another name for a petrarchan poem with a rhyming scheme abbaabba?
The rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet is abbaabba. It say's it in one of his books.
Which type of lyric poetry often includes a volta?
The sonnet, especially the Petrarchan sonnet.
A Shakespeare sonnet does not have?
Your teacher probably wants you to say that a Shakespearean sonnet does not have a volta (the change in point of view which occurs between Octave and Sestet which is the defining characteristic of the Petrarchan sonnet).This isn't quite true. Several of Shakespeare's sonnets have very obvious voltas. One of the most interesting is sonnet LX where the volta appears to fall between lines 7 and 8, making an interestingly asymmetric movement which I have seen nowhere else in poetry.But Shakespearean sonnets don't usually have voltas, in fact only an author as daring as Shakespeare would even think of giving a Shakespearean sonnet a volta. (Though Donne, I suppose, was such another).
Is sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare a petrarchan sonnet?
yes
Who invented the three differences between Italian and English sonnet?
The differences between Italian and English sonnets were likely first established by Italy's Petrarch, who popularized the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet form, characterized by an octave followed by a sestet. The English or Shakespearean sonnet was later introduced by William Shakespeare, featuring three quatrains followed by a couplet.
What is a term for a Petrarchan sonnet?
The Italian Sonnet
What is the Structure of Ozymandias?
petrarchan sonnet
What is another name for a petrarchan poem with a rhyming scheme abbaabba?
The rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet is abbaabba. It say's it in one of his books.
What kind of sonnet is 'Glasgow Sonnet' by Edwin Morgan?
It is a petrarchan sonnet, made out of an octave and a sestet.
The first part of a sonnet is known as?
Of the two great families of Sonnet - Petrarchan and Shakespearean - only the Petrarchan has a first part.In a Petrarchan sonnet the poem divides 8:6; forming the Octave and the Sestet.
The two main types of sonnets are the Petrarchan and the Italian?
The two main types of sonnets are the Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet, which consists of an octave followed by a sestet, and the Shakespearean (or English) sonnet, which consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The Petrarchan sonnet typically has an ABBAABBA CDCDCD rhyme scheme, while the Shakespearean sonnet follows an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme.
The Shakespearean sonnet is also called?
It is also called the English sonnet. The other form is the Italian sonnet, or petrarchan sonnet.
Which type of lyric poetry often includes a volta?
The sonnet, especially the Petrarchan sonnet.
Why is On his blindness a Petrarchan sonnet and not a Miltonic Sonnet?
it's a miltonic sonnet. Milton puts volta in middle of eighth line.
A Shakespeare sonnet does not have?
Your teacher probably wants you to say that a Shakespearean sonnet does not have a volta (the change in point of view which occurs between Octave and Sestet which is the defining characteristic of the Petrarchan sonnet).This isn't quite true. Several of Shakespeare's sonnets have very obvious voltas. One of the most interesting is sonnet LX where the volta appears to fall between lines 7 and 8, making an interestingly asymmetric movement which I have seen nowhere else in poetry.But Shakespearean sonnets don't usually have voltas, in fact only an author as daring as Shakespeare would even think of giving a Shakespearean sonnet a volta. (Though Donne, I suppose, was such another).
