Literature
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This document provides an overview of literature and different forms of poetry, including sonnets. It defines literature as written works that illuminate life from various cultures and perspectives. Two main types of literature are prose and poetry. Poetry is written in verses organized into stanzas, while prose uses normal paragraph structure. Poetry can also be fiction or non-fiction. The document then focuses on defining and explaining the characteristics of sonnets, including the Shakespearean and Petrarchan forms. It provides details on their line and rhyme structures.
Literature
- 1. & S O N N E T LITERATURE
- 5. LITERATURE Written works Superior works From the Latin word littera= letters Cultures, subcultures and religion, philosophy
- 6. A product of life and about life Illumines life
- 7. Earliest Literature Epic Gilgamish Egyptian Texts Iliad and Odyssey Koran Bible Ramayana and Mahabharata
- 9. Two Types of Literature Written in normal paragraph style language. PROSE POETRY Includes groups of lines (verses) in stanzas, which are similar to paragraphs in prose. FICTION NON-FICTION LYRIC POEM NARRATIVE POEM
- 10. Based on the writers imagination FICTION NON- FICTION Factual writings or written works. Short Story Novel Folktale-legend, myth, fable, parable Bibliography Autobibliograph y History Letter Diary Journal Essay
- 11. Comparatively short Retains some element of a song. LYRIC POEM Elegy Ode Sonnet Dramatic monologue ALWAYS TOLD BY THE NARATOR Gives a verbal representation, in verse, of sequence of connected events. Propels character s through a plot. NARRATIVE POEM Epics Ballads
- 12. SONNET LIMERICK HAIKU NARRATIVE EPIC COUPLET FREE VERSE POETRY
- 14. Sonnet Lyric poem 14 lines Written in iambic pentameter Follows strict patterns of stanza Derived from the Italian word sonnetto which means little song
- 15. Sonnet Shakespearean Sonnet or English Sonnet Petrarchan Sonnet or Italian Sonnet
- 16. Shakespearean Sonnet or English Sonnet Consist of 3 quatrains (4lines stanzas) Followed by a couplet (pair of rhyming lines) A B A B C D C D E F E F G G PATTERN
- 17. Petrarchan Sonnet or Italian Sonnet LYRIC POETRY Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) 14 lines Follows a strict rhyme scheme (but differs from those Shakespearean sonnet. 2 stanzas (octave and sestet)
- 18. Octave Presents situation, an idea or a question A B B A A B B A C D E C D E PATTERN Sestet o Provides a resolution, a comment, or an answer
- 19. Iamb- unit of rhythm made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Penta- five Examples: Confuse- cn f炭se Repeat re peat Iambic Pentameter