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

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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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@@SWLF Ma'am, kindly let me know the names of some books of prose,drama,poetry and fiction which a student of English literature should certainly read in order to be successful ?

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[@lisapark3553]

Thank you for this video. Very helpful. Would you consider a video teaching odes and elegies? Thank you.

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@@lisapark3553 Thanks so much for the suggestions, Lisa! We'll add it to our list of future terms. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the other videos in our series!

[@Kamilicaaa]

Terrific! Thank you so much for this quick explanation.

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[@roselynfarren2079]

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!

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You are wonderful, Professor. Thank you.

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[@khaion6877]

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

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[@hamzaalwan9864]

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.

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Thanks for the suggestions, Hamza! We may return to this topic in a later video, and if we do, we'll certainly add that info. That was our very first video in the series, and we were trying to keep things VERY short at the start.

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Awesome video, thanks for the help!

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Beautifully explained

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excellent explanation and use of graphics for illustration.

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Informative video.. Thank you soo much

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@@SWLF yes it's wonderful experience for me to learn such kind of literary terms.. But please explain them in more details... 😍🙏

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To the point. Major Props.

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

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Thank you! That was very helpful

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Thank You!

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[@thatcow2545]

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

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Thank you❤️

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Well understood mam, thank you 😊

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Who father of Italian sonnet

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Petrarch is widely considered the creator of this form in Italy.

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Thankyou

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

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

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Thanks, Jane! That was for the Dramatic Monologue lesson, right?

[@priya-lv3uh]

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

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[@Khatoon170]

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.

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Thanks for sharing, Eden! And dang, that is a heck of a lot of alliteration here!

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