Elizabeth Stevens English Renaissance Professor McKeown 11 May 2004 Shakespe arean and Petrarchan Sonnets         A praise is a poem consisting of cardinal lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a defined rime intent. iambic pentameter consists of ten syllables per line of poetry with stress on every other syllable. The two main sonnet types are the Italian, or Petrarchan and the Elizabethan, or Shakespearean.         There are several facts that divide a Shakespearean sonnet from a Petrarchan sonnet. A Petrarchan sonnet consists of an octette line stanza, which is called an octave, and a six line stanza, which is called a sestet. The starting stanza usually presents a theme and the instant stanza develops that theme. The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is ABBA, ABBA. The rhyme scheme in the sanction stanza is CDE, CDE. An example in which this definition faeces be seen is in Petrarchs sonnet number 269:                                 Broken the column and the green verbalise tree                                 That lent a shade to my exhausted prospect;                                 And I have woolly what can nowhere be sought                                 In any contradictory wind or distant sea.

                                You took away from me my double treasure,                                 D! eath, which had make my life tall and secure;                                 What neither earth nor country can allure,                                 Nor eastern gem, nor golden measure.                                 But if to accept this is destiny,                                 What can I do but wear eyes wet with                                 A blue soul and a face debar to all views?                                 O life that are so beautiful to see,                                 How quickly in one morning do we lose                                 What we gained with great... If you motivation to accept a full essay, order it on our website:
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