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Sonnet
Poems that often follow iambic pentameter, the format has evolved over the centuries. Shakespeare is one of the most famous, along with John Milton and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Also done in Italian and French, they typically rhyme and have a specific pattern of emphasis on the lines.
1,100 Questions
In Sonnet 43 how many ways does the speaker claim to love?
Six. Every time she says "I love the--" counts, except for the last one, because loving him after death is something that will occur in the future. It's not one of the ways she loves him now.
Which sonnet was in the movie Ten Things I Hate About You?
The sonnet that Julia Stiles recites at the end of Ten Things I Hate About You is an original composition by Karen Lutz and Kirsten Smith (who wrote the screenplay). It has a lot of very obvious debts to 'real' sonnets by Shakespeare, but at the same time it also stays in character with the screenplay.
There are lots of films, stories, songs &c. which are 'based on' ideas by Shakespeare. I think Bill would have shrivelled up with embarassment if he ever heard Taylor Swift. But I'm nearly sure he'd have chuckled along comfortably with Ten Things I Hate About You.
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.
Is the poem Travel an English sonnet?
No, the poem "Travel" by Robert Louis Stevenson is not an English sonnet. An English sonnet typically has 14 lines with a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG, whereas "Travel" has 16 lines with a different rhyme scheme.
What is the rhyme scheme of to the ladies?
I assume you mean Rossetti's translation of Dante's original To Certain Ladies:
Whence come you, all of you so sorrowful?
An' it may please you, speak for courtesy.
I fear for my dear lady's sake, lest she
Have made you to return thus fill'd with dule.
O gentle ladies, be not hard to school
In gentleness, but to some pause agree,
And something of my lady say to me,
For with a little my desire is full.
Howbeit it be a heavy thing to hear:
For love now utterly has thrust me forth,
With hand for ever lifted, striking fear.
See if I be not worn unto the earth:
Yea, and my spirit must fail from me here,
If, when you speak, your words are of no worth.
ABBA ABBA CDC DCD
The Speaker in Shall you Compare Thee by Moss tells his lover that she shall live forever because?
the Speaker believes that as long as people continue to read his poetry, they will keep the memory of his lover alive, therefore she will live forever through his words.
Who made the English sonnet most famous?
William Shakespeare is credited with popularizing the English sonnet form through his collection of 154 sonnets. His mastery of the form and exploration of complex themes such as love, time, and mortality have solidified the sonnet's significance in literature.
What is the rhythm of a sonnet called?
In English sonnets are most usually written in Iambic Pentameter: each line having ten syllables, with a stress on the even-number syllables:
earth HATH not ANyTHING to SHOW more FAIR
dull WOULD he BE of SOUL who COULD pass BY
There are other possibilities. Many sonnets are written as Iambic Hexameter (twelve syllable lines - Sidney's 'Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show') and some in Iambic Tetrameter (Catherine Chandler's Oneironaut - "My shrink said lucid dreaming tames / Recurring nightmares! What the bleep ..").
There are even trochaic sonnets.
But Iambic Pentameter is by far the commonest metre in an English sonnet.
(Different rhythms are the default option in other languages).
What is the figurative meaning of sleep in Sonnet 39?
In Sonnet 39, sleep represents the state of oblivion or unconsciousness where the speaker's beloved exists without awareness of their love. It symbolizes the separation and distance that exists between the speaker and the beloved, emphasizing the feeling of loneliness and longing.
Which of these terms is defined as a poem that consists of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter?
Sonnet- 14 line lyric poem that is usually written in iamic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme scheme Iambic Pentameter- line of poetry of 5 iambs *Iamb- a metrical foot (unit of measure) consisting of an unstressed and stressed syllables OR IF YOU CANT UNDERSTAND THAT Iambic Pentameter- a meter in poetry. It has an unrhymed line with 5 iambs or feet. Iambic means the stress is on the second syllable; an example is the word good-bye. Pentameter shows us that a line has 5 feet or clusters of two syllables adding up to 10 syllables a line. these feet are marked like this: Hello/hello/hello/hello/hello.
What helps the reader interpret meaning in a sonnet?
Readers can interpret meaning in a sonnet by analyzing the structure, rhyme scheme, meter, imagery, and language used by the poet. Paying attention to the themes, tone, and overall message of the sonnet can also help in understanding its meaning. Additionally, understanding the historical or cultural context in which the sonnet was written can provide additional insights.
Difference between Occitan and Petrarchan Sonnets?
Occitan is a language (a form of Medieval French) and while it is possible that the sonnet was originally an Occitan invention, there is no special Occitan sonnetform.
The first full development of the Sonnet was during the Italian Renaissance, and Petrarch was the most famous sonnetteer of this period.
The Italian or Petrarchan sonnet has fourteen lines with a shift of point of view between lines 8 and 9 which is called the 'volta'. The sonnet thus has two clearly separated movements: the Octave and the Sestet.
The usual rimepattern for a Petrarchan sonnet is ABBA ABBA CDE CDE. You can vary this a bit (especially the sequence in the sestet) but the change of viewpoint between octave and sestet is crucial.
The later English or Shakespearian sonnet also has fourteen lines, but this time they are arranged into three four line Quatrains with a two line Couplet at the end. The Quatrains will usually develop an idea, which is then summed up by the Couplet at the end.
So the Big Difference between Italian and English sonnets is that the Italian sonnet is a two-part poem (Octave + Sestet) while the English sonnet has four parts (Quatrain, Quatrain, Quatrain, Couplet).
A typical rimescheme for an English sonnet is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG - though many other patterns are found.
How can sonnet 116 justify lovers' ages?
Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare argues that true love is timeless and does not fade with time or age. The poem asserts that love is constant, despite the changes that individuals go through as they grow older. It suggests that the deep connection between two individuals is not dependent on physical appearances or fleeting attributes associated with age.
What is difference between limerick and sonnet?
A limerick is a five line poem, usually with a humorous subject, usually in a trochaic metre, rimed
AABBA
(the B lines are nearly always shortened, and regularly halflines):
There was a young lady from Deal
Who was totally lacking appeal;
"Though I try and I try.
I just can't hook a boy!
I'll just have to marry a seal!"
A sonnet is nearly always serious, has fourteen lines, and is usually (in English) in iambic pentameter.
I touch the curtain. What's left of the day
Draws longitudes across your bedroom wall.
The room is a cartographer's display
Of vectors and projections, where we're small
And plottable. I wonder if someone
Here before me would notice the same thing
And think about its transience. The sun
Almost behind the hospital now, sinking
Down in the orange litter of its cranes
That almost spell-out letters ... But I'm stuck
If I can read them. All the weather-vanes
Show different ways. The unexpected dark
Wraps its magnetic baffle round the earth.
You draw my flesh. See. You are my True North.
What is the format of a quatrain poem?
John Donne used quatrains quite often. The few examples I can think of are "A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning", "The Ecstasy", "The Bait" and "The Undertaking". The most famous of these is probably Forbidden Mourning.
You want the poem mukti ki akansha?
"Mukti ki Akansha" is a famous Hindi poem written by Maithili Sharan Gupt. It portrays a yearning for liberation and freedom from the bounds of life. The poem beautifully weaves together themes of spirituality, human longing, and the quest for ultimate salvation.
Sonnet 31 by sir Philip Sidney?
Sonnet 31 by Sir Philip Sidney is part of his Astrophil and Stella sequence. In this sonnet, the speaker expresses his frustration with love, as he cannot control his feelings and is constantly tormented by his unrequited love for Stella. The sonnet reflects Sidney's exploration of the complexities of desire and the anguish that comes with loving someone who does not return those feelings.
What are good made up sonnets?
A good "made up" sonnet casts a bit of confusion on this question, as all sonnets are "made up." Sonnets are traditionally 14 line poems that follow a strict rhyme scheme. There are several forms or conventions of sonnets; these include the following:
- English or Shakespearean sonnet - popularized by William Shakespeare this form typically appears in a rhyme scheme of: a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g (three quatrains and a couplet); the last two lines being a rhyming couplet. Each line of a Shakespearean sonnet is constructed using ten syllables of iambic pentameter. The quatrains of the poem introduce an idea, problem, or conflict, that typically "turns" in the couplet where a different perspective or view is introduced, or the conflict is resolved.
- Italian or Petrarchan sonnet - named for one of the most prominent practitioner of this form Francesco Petrarca, this type of sonnet appears usually composed of an octave (two quatrains) and a sestet (two tersets) with the most common rhyme scheme being a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a c-d-e-c-d-e. Other variants of the sestet have been introduced such as c-d-c-c-d-c and c-d-c-d-c-d. Italian sonnets form an "argument." This is a construction of the proposition in the opening octave and the resolutionin the sestet. The turn, which is not as concrete as that of the English sonnet, is more implied by the juxtaposition of the two.
- Spencerian sonnet - sometimes considered a sub-type of English sonnet, the Spencerian form is really a type unto itself. It is marked by the typical rhyme scheme: abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee. Spencerian sonnets are not confined to an problem/proposition and solution/resolution format such as English and Italian sonnets, but rather offer more an observation or description and conclusion format.
- Modern or Undefined sonnet - the undefined sonnets do not easily fit into the three traditional forms, but still follow the general conventions of 14 lines, structured rhyme scheme, and usually the introduction of an observation, problem, or argument and conclusion or resolution.
Below are several examples of the above identified sonnet forms:
English:
"Lift not the painted veil" Percy Bysse Shelley
Lift not the painted veil which those who live
Call Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it but mimic all we would believe
With colours idly spread,--behind, lurk Fear
And Hope, twin Destinies; who ever weave
Their shadows, o'er the chasm, sightless and drear.
I knew one who had lifted it--he sought,
For his lost heart was tender, things to love,
But found them not, alas! nor was there aught
The world contains, the which he could approve.
Through the unheeding many he did move,
A splendour among shadows, a bright blot
Upon this gloomy scene, a Spirit that strove
For truth, and like the Preacher found it not.
Italian:
"The Soote Season" Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings,
With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale;
The nightingale with feathers new she sings;
The turtle to her make hath told her tale.
Summer is come, for every spray now springs,
The hart hath hung his old head on the pale;
The buck in brake his winter coat he flings;
The fishes flete with new repaired scale;
The adder all her slough away she slings;
The swift swallow pursueth the flyes smale;
The busy bee her honey now she mings,
Winter is worn that was the flowers' bale.
And thus I see among these pleasant things
Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs.
Modern:
Forest Buds, from the Woods of Maine (1856) "Truth and Beauty" Elizabeth Askers Allen (Florence Percy)
Strange Truth and Beauty are enemies,
Treading forever on each other's toes!
Strange rhymes are always made of that which is
Too false or silly to be said in prose!
Now here's a sonnet by our village poet
"Inscribed to Kate," in most romantic style,
Whereas,--and one with half an eye might know it,--
He means Sophronia Tompkins, all the while.
He sings of "golden curls." If fiery tresses
Had heat to match their hue, her hair would burn;--
He mentions "airy grace,"--while she possesses
A form as shapeless as an old-time churn,
Heavens! after this I never shall inquire
Why people always call the poet's song a LYRE!
"Time does not bring relief..." Edna St. Vincent Millay
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year's bitter loving must remain
Heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide!
There are a hundred places where I fear
To go,--so with his memory they brim!
And entering with relief some quiet place
Where never fell his foot or shone his face
I say, "There is no memory of him here!"
And so stand stricken, so remembering him!
There are 89 sonnets in Spenser's Amoretti sequence - and they are all Shakespearean (not Petrarchan).
The only typically Petrarchan element of the Amoretti is the idealised love-interest - which Petrarch himself inherited from the Troubadour tradition.
Spenser does not make any notable innovation to the concepts of ideal love (Shakespeare would do so, by playing with whether a real of an idealised love was being addressed).
Perhaps you need to rephrase this question.
Is there a Simile in Sonnet 29?
Yes, there is a simile in Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare. The line "Like to the lark at break of day arising" contains a simile comparing the speaker's mood to a lark ascending in the morning.
14 lines long
Lines 1-8, the Octave, introduces a question, situation, or problem.
Lines 9-14, the Sestet, answers the question, resolves the situation or problem
The point that divides the Octave from the Sestet is the Caesura.
Iambic Pentameter
Two types:
Shakespearean/English (abab cdcd efef gg)
Petrarchan/Italian (Abbaabba cdecde)
Spenserian (abab bcbc cdcd ee)
Must have 10 syllables and 5 beats per line
Are sonnets more poetic than ballads if so how are they?
Sonnets are typically considered more poetic than ballads due to their intricate rhyme schemes and structured forms, such as the 14 lines of iambic pentameter in a Shakespearean sonnet. Sonnets also often explore complex themes and emotions in a concise and elegant manner, whereas ballads tend to be more straightforward narrative poems with a strong musical quality. Ultimately, the poetic value of a sonnet or a ballad depends on personal preference and the intended effect of the poem.
Yes, a sonnet traditionally follows a specific rhyme scheme, often using either the Petrarchan (abbaabba cdecde) or Shakespearean (ababcdcdefef gg) rhyme scheme. Rhyming is a key characteristic of a sonnet.
The eight line octave followed by a six line sestet is usually characteristic of a Petrarchan Sonnet. The Shakespearean sonnet is nearly always organised as four quatrains followed by a couplet.
So the easy answer to your question (and almost certainly the one your teacher wants) is: No.
