Vocabulary Narrative

Sonnet

An interesting word I found was sonnet. The word sonnet means prosody. A poem properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet. It's origin is from 1550–60; < It sonnetto < OPr sonet, equiv. to son poem (< L sonus sound 1 ) + -et -et. It's a verb (used without object) Archaic to compose sonnets, and it's also a verb (used with object) Older Use to celebrate in a sonnet or sonnets. It's other origin is from 1557 (in title of Surrey's poems), from Fr. sonnet (1543) or directly from It. sonetto, lit. "little song," from O.Prov. sonet "song," dim. of son "song, sound," from L. sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)). Originally in Eng. also "any short lyric poem;" precise meaning is from It., where Petrarch (14c.) developed a scheme of an eight-line stanza (rhymed abba abba) followed by a six-line stanza (cdecde, the Italian sestet, or cdcdcd, the Sicilian sestet). Shakespeare developed the English Sonnet for his rhyme-poor native tongue: three Sicilian quatrains followed by a heroic couplet. It's other definition is a 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes. I got all of this information on dictionary.com under the word Sonnet. I guess i didn't feel like I understood it pretty well that's probably the reason on why i choose this word. I think the fact that William Shakespeare used a Sonnet and named it Sonnet 18 was awesome. I guess i really enjoyed his poem because I really liked it since it described his feelings towards a beautiful woman and a beautiful summer day. I found this word interesting since my friend told me she was reading Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare she said it was a beautiful poem. I think it's a great poem.