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Shakespearean Sonnet
NAME________________________________________ This type of sonnet differs from the Petrarchan sonnet in
SECTION______________________________________ both its structure and its rhyme scheme.
DATE_________________________________________ Shakespearean sonnets are divided into three quatrains
of four lines each followed by a couplet of two lines. And
WORKSHEET NO.2 unlike the Petrarchan sonnet, Shakespearean sonnets
have a rhyme pattern that never varies: ABAB, CDCD,
Sonnet/ Rhyme Scheme EFEF, GG

Definition of Sonnet From fairest creatures we desire increase,

The word sonnet is derived from the Italian word That thereby beauty’s rose might never die.
“sonetto”. It means a small or little song or lyric. In But as the riper should by time decease,
poetry, a sonnet has 14 fourteen lines and is written in His tender heir might bear his memory:
iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. It has a But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
specific rhyme scheme. Generally, sonnets are divided Feed’st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel,
into different groups based on the rhyme scheme they Making a famine where abundance lies,
follow. Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
The rhymes of a sonnet are arranged according Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament
to a certain rhyme scheme. And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content
Types of Sonnet And, tender churl, mak’st waste in niggarding.
The sonnets can be categorized into six major types:
 Italian Sonnet
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
 Shakespearean Sonnet To eat the world’s due, by the grave and thee
 Spenserian Sonnet
 Miltonic Sonnet (William Shakespeare)
 Terza Rima Sonnet The rhyme scheme of Shakespearian sonnet is abab-
 Curtal Sonnet cdcd-efef-gg. It is composed of 3 quatrains and a couplet.
1. Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet
Italian or Petrarchan sonnet was introduced by an Italian 3. Spenserian Sonnet
poet Francesco Petrarch of 14th century. Sir Edmund Spenser was the first poet who modified the
Petrarch’s form and introduced a new rhyme scheme
What The Sonnet Is? as follows:
By Eugene Hamilto
What guile is this, that those her golden tresses
She doth attire under a net of gold ;
Fourteen small broidered berries on the hem
And with sly skill so cunningly them dresses,
Of Circe’s mantle, each of magic gold;
That which is gold or hair, may scarce be told?
Fourteen of lone Calypso’s tears that rolled
Is it that men’s frail eyes, which gaze too bold,
Into the sea, ofr pearls to come of them;
She may entangle in that golden snare;
Fourteen clear signs of omen in the gem
And being caught may craftily enfold
With whick Media human fate foretold;
Their weaker hearts, which are not yet well aware?
Fourteen small drops, which Faustus, growing old,
Take heed therefore, mine eyes, how ye do stare
Craved of the Fiend, to water Life’s dry stem.
Henceforth too rashly on that guileful net,
In which if ever ye entrapped are,
It is the pure white diamond Dante brought
Out of her bands ye by no means shall get.
To Beatrice; the sapphire Laura wore
Folly it were for any being free,
When Petrarch cut it sparkling out of thought;
To covet fetters, though they golden be.
The ruby Shakespeare hewed from his heart’s core;
(From Amoretti by Edmund Spenser)
The dark, deep emerald that Rossetti wrought
The rhyme scheme in this sonnet is abab-bcbc-
For his own soul, wear for evermore.
cdcd-ee which is specific to Spenser and such types of
sonnets are called Spenserian sonnets.
The rhyme scheme of Petrarchan sonnet has first
eight lines called OCTET that rhymes as ABBA -ABBA –
CDC-DCD. The remaining six lines called SESTET might EXERCISES
have a range of rhyme schemes. Sestet variations maybe
Identify the rhyme scheme of each sonnet given. Write
(CDE-CDE), (CDD-CDD), (CDD-ECE)
the last word in each line in the chart and write the
There are many variations of the rhyme scheme
assigned letter for the scheme. Identify the kind of
in a Petrarchan sonnet, which is one of the characteristics
sonnet.
that makes it different from the Shakespearean sonnet
form.
1. 'The New Colossus' by Emma Lazarus LAST WORD RHYME SCHEME
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'Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
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With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand 3
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame 4
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name 5
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand 6
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command 7
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. 8
'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she 9
With silent lips. 'Give me your tired, your poor, 10
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, 11
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. 12
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, 13
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'
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4 One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
5 But came the waves and washed it away;
6 Again I wrote it with a second hand,
7 But came the tide and made my pains his prey.
8 “Vain man,” said she, “that dost in vain assay
9 A mortal thing so to immortalize,
10 For I myself shall like to this decay,
11 And eke my name be wiped out likewise
12 “Not so.” quod I, “Let baser thing devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame;
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My verse your virtues rare shall eternize
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And in the heavens write your glorious name,
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Where, when as death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.”
2. Love’s Alchemy is Eternal by Gary Bateman

Your look, touch, and scent now so perfect pure, LAST WORD RHYME SCHEME
Enchants my true emotions and soaring passion.
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I knoweth now our love shall always endure,
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As God unites our souls as one by divine action!
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Our sensual passion defines love’s spirit entire, 4
As we caress and kiss for this moment’s bliss. 5
Love’s alchemy maketh our spirits soar afire, 6
As we embrace our lips find that deepest kiss!
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Our hearts beat now in a sacred tempo of love, 8
That reflects our real destiny, two souls as one. 9
This is God’s gift to us from Heaven high above, 10
As we wish these magic moments of eternal fun! 11
By Heaven, I pray our love’s alchemy forever, 12
And declareth my love shan’t leave you ever!
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4. Amoretti
Fresh Spring! the herald of Loves mighty king, LAST WORD RHYME SCHEME
In whose coat-armour richly are displayed 1
All sorts of flowers, the which on earth do spring 2
In goodly colours gloriously arrayed –
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Go to my love, where she is careless laid,
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Yet in her winters bower, not well awake;
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Tell her the joyous time will not be staid,
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Unless she do him by the forelock take:
Bid her, therefore, herself soon ready make 7
To wait on Love amongst his lovely crew, 8
Where every one that misseth then her make, 9
Shall be by him amerced with penance dew. 10
Make haste, therefore, sweet Love! whilst it is prime; 11
For none can call again the passed time. 12
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14 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
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Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
5. When I Consider How My Light Is Spent And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
by John Milton And every fair from fair sometime declines,
When I consider how my light is spent, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, But thy eternal summer shall not fade
And that one talent which is death to hide Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
To serve therewith my Maker, and present When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
My true account, lest He returning chide; So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
“Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?” So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need LAST WORD RHYME SCHEME
Either man’s work or His own gifts. Who best 1
Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state
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Is kingly: thousands at His bidding speed,
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And post o’er land and ocean without rest;
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They also serve who only stand and wait.”
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For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be
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rejected if it is received with thanksgiving" (1 Timothy 4:4).
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