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sonnet |
| From the Italian sonetto, which means "a little sound or song," the sonnet is a popular classical form that has compelled poets for centuries. Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization. Two sonnet forms provide the models from which all other sonnets are formed: the Petrachan and the Shakespearean. |
| The sonnet (UPenn) |
| Guide to the sonnet |
| What is a sonnet? |
| Shakespeare's sonnets |