1. The Sonnet Introduction to Literature Mrs. Nadia Khawandanah

2. Sonetto Italy (13 th Century) Little song ( little sound)

3. Petrarch The most important group of sonnets in Europe (14 th Cen. ) 366 Lyrics, 317 true sonnets to Laura. Influence during 15 th & 16 th Cen.

4. The Sonnet in England 16 th Century Wyatt Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Tottel’s Miscellany

5. Sidney Astrophel & Stella 1 st great sonnet sequence in English

6. Types of the Sonnets Italian (Petrarchan ) English ( Shakespearean)

7. Petrarchan Sestet4 linesOctave8 lines

8. Octave Rhyme Scheme abababab abbaabba

9. Sestet cdcdcd cdecde

10. The Turn (Volta) The shift from octave to sestet

11. Shakespearean Quatrain abab Quatrain cdcd Quatrain efef Couplet gg