A Petrarchean Sonnet is divided into two sections, an octave and a sestet, whereas a Shakespearean sonnet is divided into four sections, three quatrains and a couplet.
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines with very specific rhyme patterns.
No; I actually learned about that today (not joking). They both have 14 lines, but Shakespearean sonnets are made up in a different way. They rhyme in different patterns. So, to answer your question, no, a Shakespearean sonnet was not also called an Italian sonnet.
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Quatrains.
It's called the couplet.
If you are asking about an Elizabethan sonnet, it has 3 quatrains (ababcdcdefef) and a rhyming couplet (gg). If you are talking about a Petrarchan sonnet, the first section is called an octave (8 lines interrhymed--abbaabba) and the second section is called a sestet (six lines interrhymed--cdecde).
The second section of a sonnet is called the quatrain. It usually consists of four lines that develop the theme or argument introduced in the first section (the octave) before leading into the final section (the sestet).
The first section of a sonnet, known as the octave, typically sets the theme by presenting the problem or question that the poet explores. It consists of the first eight lines of the sonnet.
It is also called the English sonnet. The other form is the Italian sonnet, or petrarchan sonnet.
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The last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are called a couplet. They are the only adjacent lines which rhyme with each other, the others rhyming alternately. In a Petrarchan sonnet the last two lines form part of a six-line unit called a sestet
The first eight lines of a sonnet are called the octave.
A Shakespearean sonnet is also known as an Elizabethan sonnet or an English sonnet. It consists of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter.
A sonnet with 10 syllables in each line is typically referred to as a decasyllabic sonnet. It is a specific form of the sonnet that follows a strict meter and rhyme scheme.
its called a sonnet
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines with very specific rhyme patterns.
No; I actually learned about that today (not joking). They both have 14 lines, but Shakespearean sonnets are made up in a different way. They rhyme in different patterns. So, to answer your question, no, a Shakespearean sonnet was not also called an Italian sonnet.