Forms of poetry
The Sonnet
William Shakespeare Simonetta Gatto Istituto Comprensivo di Casella (GE)
Authors: Terekhova Oxana, Filippov Andrei 8b form 2010 Bondary secondary school.
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A sonnet is a 14-line lyric poem with a complicated rhyme scheme.
William Shakespeare Sonnets. History of the sonnet Originated in Italy in the 13 th century Petrarchan or Italian sonnet names after Petrarch, a Roman.
The Sonnet. Sonnet Origins Originated in Italy in the 13 th century The word sonnet comes from Italian word sonetto meaning “little song” Petrarch,
Renaissance Poetry 1485-1603 British Literature. The Sonnet: A History In the fourteenth century, an Italian writer named Petrarch perfected the sonnet.
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SHAKESPEAREAN SONNETS English 11. WHAT IS A SONNET? A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter.
