Lecture on Poetry and It's froms by Dr. Charu Mehrotra H.O.D. English Bareilly College Bareilly
Channel: Department of English Bareilly College
Date: 2021-04-19

Lecture on poetry and it's formsby Dr. Charu Mehrotra H.O.D. English, Bareilly College Bareilly.



FORMS OF POETRY

The Sonnet

The word 'Sonnet' has been derived from the Italian word 'Sonnetto' meaning little sound or strain. It is a poem that can be sung with a musical accompaniment. Coleridge pronounced it as "a medium for the expression of a mere momentary burst of passion". It is a short poem lyrical in form consisting of fourteen lines with particular rhyme scheme.

The first sonnets were written in 13th century in Italy by Dante and Petrarch. Petrarch is considered as the creator and master of sonnets. Petrarch wrote 317 sonnets in all addressing his lady love Laura. Petrarchian sonnets are divided into two parts separated by a pause called 'caesura'. The first part is called 'Octave' containing eight lines. The second part is called 'Sestet' consisting of six lines. There is a turn of thought called 'volta' from the ninth line onward. The whole poem deals with one thought or sentiment. The thought is introduced in the octave and is developed and brought to conclusion in the sestet. The rhyme scheme is ABBA, ABBA, CDE, CDE.

The first English sonnets were composed by Sir Thomas Wyatt in the 16 century. It was in Shakespeare's hands that this form of sonnet was established in English literature He, after abandoning the Petrarchian sonnets asure introduced a change in its rhyme scheme. His sonnets consists of three quartrains (stanza having four lines) and a rhyming w of couplet of two lines. The rhyming scheme of Shakespearean sonnet is ABAB, CDCD, EFEC GG. The rhyming couplet gives a total turn to the whole poem. All the 154 sonnets of Shakespeare are addressed to some W.H. and the Dark Lady whom Shakespeare loved. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets in n of all over True Love. 126 sonnets were dedicated to W.H. a friend of Shakespeare, 26 to Dark lady...........................



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