Sonnet = 14 line poem that usually uses iambic pentameter and follows a specific form.
Iambic Pentameter = 5 groups of words, each = 2 syllables. The last syllable of each is stressed or given an accent.
Petrarchan Sonnet Also known as the Italian sonnet, because Petrarch came from Italy.
Petrarchan Sonnets have an octet (eight lines) followed by a sestet (six lines) You can tell these because of the rhyme scheme they follow
Rhyme scheme= abba abba (octet) , cdecde (sestet)
Spenserian Sonnet rhyme scheme = abab bcbc cdcdee
Note that it ends with a rhyming couplet.
this information is taken from pg.235 of your textbook.
