Sonnet and its types

sonnet :- 

The word “ sonnet ” has been derived from Italian word “ sonetto ” which itself has been derived from “ suono ” meaning a sound.

A short story in verse is called sonnet. 

A poem consisting of fourteen lines is called sonnet.

It is also known as quatorzain,

All sonnets are quatorzain, but not all quatorzains are sonnets.

                             Types of sonnets:-

The following are some of the types of sonnet.

#1:-  Petrarchan sonnets :-

These are named after an Italian poet of 14th century called Francesco Petrarch.

the Petrarch sonnets consisted of fourteen lines , divided into octave and sestet.

Octave contain eight lines while Sestet contain six lines.

Rhyming scheme :- 

Rhyming scheme of Petrarchan sonnets is,

ABBA, ABBA, CDE, CDE .

Two poets , Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey mainly translated Italian sonnets. Sir Philip Sydney`s sequence “Astrophal” and “ Stellar  ”started a vogue of sonnet sequences.

#2:-  Shakespearean sonnets:-

These sonnets were published in the era of Queen Elizabeth, so these were called Elizabethan sonnets or English sonnets.

These sonnets have fourteen lines divided into three quatrains and a couplet. each line contain ten syllables phrased in iambic pentameter.

Rhyming scheme :-

Rhyming scheme of these sonnets is,

ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG.

#3:- Spencerian sonnets :-

It was just a variation in the Shakespearean sonnets containing three quatrain and a couplet.

Amoretti is his famous collection of sonnets.

Rhyming scheme :-

ABAB, BCBC, CDCD, EE.

#4:- Miltonic sonnets :-

These sonnets are also an evolution of Shakespearean sonnets.

His famous sonnet is 

When i consider gow my light is spent .