'What is a Sonnet?': A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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[Kamilicaaa]

Terrific! Thank you so much for this quick explanation.

[roselynfarren]

Rebecca! So excited to see you! I will be using this brief intro with my Poetry students during this bizarre shut down to begin our (now very abridged) sonnet unit. Wonderful!

[devjanichakraborty]

Thank you, Ma'am for explaining the ryhming scheme of the sonnet and giving a vivid description of the nature of a sonnet ! 😃

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[marwanalshater]

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[oraetlabora]

You are wonderful, Professor. Thank you.

[uuu]

excellent explanation and use of graphics for illustration.

[sherazshoukat]

Informative video.. Thank you soo much

[khaion]

Thank you very much. I am a foreign student and I have been struggle to understand this until seeing your video.

[hamzaalwan]

Skillfully illustrated, I hope u mention the full structure of a sonnet. Like the subject matter is composed of 14 lines and those 14 lines are divided into 2 parts, part1 presents the the theme and raises an issue or even doubt and the 2nd part resolves the problem.

[hydrok]

Thanks for explaining so well. It means a lot to me and by the way, new sub🥰

[eliashirsismoan]

Thank you for this explanation. Quick but full of info :)

[thatcow]

thx, i need help for some poetry stuff and this helped, so again, thank u

[Jane-zphy]

Thank you for the clear explanation of Browning's poem My last Duchess.

[hydrok]

Thank u so much. It really helps me a lot!😄

[Khatoon]

Sonnet is fixed verse form of literary origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically five foot iambic rhyming according to prescribed scheme . The rules of sonnet are theme, express strong emotions such as love . Rhyme scheme. Rhyming pattern is ab ab cd cd ef ef gg. Structure of sonnet poems are fourteen lines long with rhyme scheme of ab ab ef ef gg, with iambic, pentameter. Sonnet name was taken from Italian sonetto which, means little sound . Sonnet have ten syllables. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. Types of sonnets are Italian or, Petrarchan, English or Shakespearean sonnet. Shakespeare sonnets they were respected poetic form in his time period, three stanza of four lines each . American sonnet structure is looser, more musical, inventive variation than traditional counterparts. Having no required scheme, or specific meter . Poet had freedom to innovate their own constraints within 14 lines, some contain Volta like Petrarchan sonnet. Theme of American sonnet injustice and embedded in American culture. Thank you for your wonderful educational literary channel.

[priya-lvuh]

You forgot explain all the three types of sonnets!. But still the video is great

[edenoliveira]

SONNET 93

Oh! Sheila's sheen of sheer silk sheets outshone
Sunshines with shock that shivered, shuddered, shook.
The shale mounts showed the shoulder she'll cry on
At shingly shores she'll shoot her shining look
To ships that sheered off shoals of shame she'll shout
Her shimmer shifts their shapes . If shards were she
She'd shatter shackles she'd worn, shambling out
And share her sharp sword, sheath and shield with me .
On shells where she's lived shellac she can shed
From showers shelter she'll take, shorn like sheep
And shun her shuttered shack and shabby bed .
My sugar shuts her shy eyes shamming sleep .
I'm sure that shortly should stars shine like Sheila
No shows of shade and shadows shall conceal her!

(Author: Eden Santos Oliveira. Written in 12/10/2003)

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