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The sonnet, attributed to Petrarch in the early Italian renaissance, is a fourteen-line poem that in its original form had the rhyme scheme abba abba cdecde. It was later adapted in England by Wyatt and Surrey with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg. This later form is sometimes called the English sonnet (the earlier one being the Italian sonnet). However, since Shakespeare used the English form, it is also often referred to as the Shakespearean sonnet. Both types of sonnets are written in iambic pentameter.
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Sonnet Central - "An archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, audio, and relevant web links." An Italian Sonnet - By James DeFord. Personality Quiz - What Poetry Form Am I? - A sonnet that describes the "personality" of a sonnet. With html code for transferring the sonnet to your site and links to "personality quizzes" for other poetic forms. Michael Peach's Site for Lovers of The English Sonnet - Sonnets by Peach and a selection of sonnets by his favorite poets. Empire Arts Resource - Sonnets by Michael J. Farrand. Shakespeare's Sonnets - The complete sonnets with an analysis and translation into Modern English of selected poems. The Sonnet - A brief description and definition of the sonnet form(s). Sonnets for Free - A collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose. Sonnets from the Portuguese - Text of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets. John Donne - Holy Sonnets - Nineteen sonnets on religious themes. Writing a Sonnet - For Dummies - Instructions on how to write a Shakespearean sonnet with an analysis of the form and content of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The Amazing Web Site of Shakespeare's Sonnets - Shakespeare's sonnets with extensive, line-by-line commentary and illustrations from the 1609 Quarto. Includes also artwork, love poetry, and Valentine's Day poems. Connections: Poetry: Forms: The Sonnet - A three-page description of the form with examples by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare. Poetry Knowledge Zone: The Soulful Sonnet - Explanation, history, and step-by-step writing instructions by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples. Toru Dutt: Sonnet - Written in 1876 by an Indian woman raised in France. From Volume 2 of an anthology entitled, "Reading About the World." Brother and Sister - An eleven sonnet sequence by George Eliot. The Sonnets to Orpheus - 55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Robert Temple.. About.com Poetry: Sonnets - A collection of sonnets, definitions of the various sonnet forms, and links to sonnet sites. Sonnettics - Sonnets by Scott Ennis. Part of a larger site that includes and invites videos of sonnets.
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