SONNET

WHAT IS SONNET?
A type of lyrical poem that has a formal rhyming scheme

TWO TYPES OF SONNET

Italian/ Petrarchan Sonnet English/ Shakespearean Sonnet

ITALIAN/ PETRARCHAN SONNET

A 14-line poem composed of opening octave and concluding sestet Rhymed ABBA, ABBA, CDC, CDC

ENGLISH/ SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET

A sonnet consists of 3 quatrains and a couplet The rhyme scheme is ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG

EXAMPLE OF ITALIAN SONNET

HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

A B B A A B B A C D C C D C

EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH SONNET

WHEN MY LOVE SWEARS THAT SHE IS MADE OF TRUTH William Shakespeare

When my love swears that she is made of truth I do believe her, though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutored youth, Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue: On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed. But wherefore says she not she is unjust? And wherefore say not I that I am old? O, love's best habit is in seeming trust, And age in love loves not to have years told: Therefore I lie with her and she with me, And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be. A B A B C D C D E F E F G G

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