What's the difference between an English Sonnet and an Italian Sonnet?
Ans:
English/Shakespearean
-3 quatrains (4 lines) and 1 couplet (2 lines)
-abab cdcd efef gg
-Quatrains set up the matter/argument and the couplet
pulls it together into a conclusion
-an epiphany (an "Aha" moment)
-a repudiation or refutation of the argument
Italian/Petrarchian
-1 octave (8 lines) and 1 sestet (6 lines)
-abbaabba cdcdcd
-Octave introduces a question or problem or idea; then
the sestet answers the question or solves the problem
or provides a way of thinking about the idea
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