SONNETDerived from the Italian word “sonetto” which means “little poem”

Giacomo Da Lentini – invented the Sonnet

Has fourteen linesUses rhyme schemes

SHAKESPEAREAN SONNETFirst published in a 1609 quarto Main topics: time, love, beauty

and mortalityHas three quatrains and two

coupletsUsually has an epiphanic quality

at the end of the sonnetUsually follows this rhyme

scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg

SHAKESPEAREAN SONNETThe sonnets also comments about

gender roles, political issues and makes fun of love