Little Golden Songs: The Art of the Sonnet

Read this essay at The Sonneteer! Sonnet types discussed:The Sicilian: ABAB ABAB, CDC DCDThe Italian: ABBA ABBA, CDC DCDThe English: ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GGThe French: ABAB, CDCD, EEF, GGFThe Spenserian: ABAB, BCBC, CDCD, EEThe Miltonic: Italian, with enjambment, delayed volta, and non-courtly/erotic contentThe Meredithian: ABBA, CDDC, EFFE, GHHGThe Pushkin: aBaB, ccDD, eFFe, GGThe Hilbertian: ABC ABC, DEF DEF, GGThe Terza Rima: ABA, BCB, CDC, DED, EEThe Hybrid: Various. Ex: ABBA ABBA, CDCD, EEThe Caudate: Various. Usually Italian, plus cauda (tail)The Curtal: Various. Sestet plus “super-quatrain” (quatrain + hemistich)Support the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)