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sonnets
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sonnet | little song |
| 14 | number of lines in a sonnet |
| artistic skill | short enough to challenge the poet's |
| complex idea | sonnets are long enough to present |
| sit thomas wyatt | person who introduced the sonnet into english |
| francis petrach | 14th century italian poet: wrote sonnets to Laura |
| octave | 8 line unit of poetry |
| sestet | 6 line unit of poetry |
| quatrians | 4 line unit of poetry |
| volta | turning point in an italian sonnet |
| rhyming couplet | last 2 lines of an english sonnetg |
| poses problems | purpose of an octave |
| answer problems | purpose of a sestet |
| iambic pentameter | 5 unstressed syllables alternating with 5 stressed syllables |
| italian creator | petrachan |
| english creator | shakespearean |
| itliain lines english lines | 14 14 |
| italian octaves english octaves | 1 0 |
| italian sestet italian sestet | 1 0 |
| italian quatrains english quatrains | 0 3 |
| italian couplets englsih couplets | 0 1 |