ENGLISH LITERATURE Study Guide - Final Guide: Sestet, Il Canzoniere, Epigram

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Ans: the word sonnet is derived from the italian word sonetto , which means a little song or small lyric. Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in a 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 petrarchan and the. The sonnet is unique among poetic forms in western literature in that it has retained its appeal for major poets for five centuries. The form seems to have originated in the 13th century among the. Sicilian school of court poets, who were influenced by the love poetry of provencal troubadours. From there it spread to tuscany, where it reached its highest expression in the 14th century in the poems of. His canzoniere- a sequence of poems including 317 sonnets, addressed to his idealized beloved, laura- established and perfected the petrarchan (or italian) sonnet.

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