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mitaricha
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How is a shakesperean sonnet is different frm patrarchan sonnet?

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Posted by mitaricha on Tuesday August 11, 2009 at 10:49 PM and tagged with brief, literature.

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  1. surajverma8 Student
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    Shakespearen sonnet or English sonnet differs from Petrarchan or Italian sonnet in follwing ways.

    1.Shakespearean sonnet consists of :

    three quatrains(four lines) and one couplet(two lines)

    while petrarchan sonnetconsists of :

    two quatrains and two terset(three lines).

    2. In Shakespearean sonnets, the subject matters are mostly centralized on the description of love and time while Petrarchan sonnets' subject matters are varried with the passage of time.

    3. In Shakespearean sonnets,there is a caesura(pause) in the concluding lines while in Petrarchan sonnets there is no such type of pause.

    These are some variations based on practical criticism.In the same way ,subject matter also varries.

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    Posted by surajverma8 on Wednesday August 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM