1. Sonnet and Poetry Analysis
“World in Hounding Me”

2. Poetical Devices
Iambic pentameter—a pattern of five metric feet with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (this results in ten-syllable lines).
Octave—Eight-line stanza
Sestet—Six-line stanza

3. Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet
The octave poses a question or presents an idea; the final sestet answers the question or restates the idea more forcefully
Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter.
Follows an ABBAABBA CDCDCD rhyme scheme or an ABBAABBA CDECDE rhyme scheme.