什么是Sonnet?
Sonnet is a very important form of English metrical poetry. It has 14 lines written to a regular rhyme scheme. Sonnet was invented by the Italian poet, Francesco Petrarch in the early 13th century. Dante was the first poet to use it. Sonnet makes it easier to express deep thought and emotion.
In English poetry, there are three types of sonnet: the Italian, the Shakespearean and the Spenserian. These three types of sonnet all consist of 14 lines, but the thyme schemes are different.
In the Italian sonnet, the first 8 lines form an octave, which rhymes abba, abba and the remaining 6 lines form a sestet which rhymes cde,cde.
The Shakespearean sonnet is made up of 3 quatrains followed by a couplet. The quatrains produce a sweeping movement while the concluding couplet often comes to be an effective epigram and also makes the theme of the poem clearer. Its rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
The Spenserian sonnet also consists of 3 quatrains and a couplet just like the Shakespearean but the rhyme scheme is different. It is abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.
