Stilistika materjalid
rhyme scheme a b a b c b c d c and so on ending with a couplet to avoid one
word unrhymed (Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"
· 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
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