Remember a Sonnet is ALWAYS a 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.
There are two different kinds of sonnets, the Petrarchan (Italian) and the Shakespearean (English).
The Petrarchan: 2 stanzas containing an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines).
Octave - abbaabba
sestet- cdecde or ccddee or cdcdee or cdcdcd
The Shakespearean: 4 stanzas containing 3 Quatrains (4 lines) and a couplet (2 lines). A real Shakespearean Sonnet follows iambic pentameter (the 10 syllables per line), but we will not hold you to this for this project as long as you are close to 10 syllables.
stanza 1: abab
stanza 2: cdcd
stanza 3: efef
stanza 4: gg
Hope this quick review helps!
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