Sonnet and Poetry Analysis

“World in Hounding Me”

Iambic pentameter—a pattern of five metric

feet with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (this results in ten-syllable lines).

Octave—Eight-line stanza Sestet—Six-line stanza

Poetical Devices

The octave poses a question or presents an

idea; the final sestet answers the question or restates the idea more forcefully

Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter. Follows an ABBAABBA CDCDCD rhyme scheme

or an ABBAABBA CDECDE rhyme scheme.

Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet