rhyme pattern and a regular rhythm, or predictable pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables called metre · The basic unit of metre is foot which usually contains one stressed syllable and one or two unstressed syllables · The usual metre of a sonnet is iambic pentameter · The English sonnet (Shakespearean sonnet) differs from the Italian one on its structure · The Italian sonnet has 2 four-line and 2 three-line stanzas, the English sonnet divides into three quatrains, or groups of four lines, and a rhymed couplet, or a pair of lines that usually draws a conclusion or presents a solution to the problems outlined earlier in the poem · The usual rhyme scheme is: abab cdcd efef gg Zanrid 1. Comedies: ,,As you like it", ,,Twelfth night", ,,A Midsummer Night's Dream" 2. Tragedies: ,,Othello", ,,Macbeth", ,,King Lear" 3. Historical: ,,King John", ,,Henry V" , ,,Richard II"
world was so minimal that even events such as the Civil War that ravaged the country in the years 1861-1865 had little or no impact on her. Published posthumously After her death in 1886 her sister found her poems, all bound up in handmade booklets. The first volumes of her poems to be published appeared in 1890 and 1891. Works Traditional themes/original style During her reclusive life Emily Dickinson wrote almost 2,000 poems, mostly short lyrics in simple quatrains and almost all untitled and undated. In her poetry she scrutinised the material world that surrounded her and the inner world of her emotions. The subjects of her poems are traditional love, nature, religion and mortality. However, her treatment of these subjects is highly original. The language is cryptic and dramatic; the imagery and metaphors are strikingly original. Early publishers corrected her eccentric punctuation, which included the
· Sonnet is a poem that originated in Italy and was adopted in England in the 16 th century. There are 2 types of English sonnets--Petrarchan (Italian) and Shakespearean (English). Both contain fourteen iambic pentameters. The difference is in the rhyme. 1. Italian sonnet falls into the octave (a b b a a b b a) and the sestette (2 or 3 rhymes, their order is various- c d e d e c, c d c d c d, c c d e e d, etc. 2. Shakespearean sonnet consists of 2 quatrains, followed by a rhyming couplet. The rhyming scheme is a b a b c d c d e f e f g g . Usually the last 2 lines are epigrammatic in character. · Limerick- a funny poem of nonsense comprising 5 anapaestic lines rhyming a a b b a, with the third and fourth lines shorter than the other three. Sometimes, the number of lines is 4, the 3rd one being longer than the rest with inner rhyme in it. · Blank verse-no rhyme
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