10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPENSERIAN SONNET»
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The Spenser Encyclopedia
Irregular stanzas. Andrew Erskine 1757 'Ode to Fear' GentM 27:228. 10 ten-line
stanzas, some of which are Prior stanzas. 'W.F.' 1800 'Sonnet to Sleep' EurM 38:
368. i Spenserian sonnet. Signed 'W.F.' [Elijah Fenton] 1707 'An Ode to the Sun, ...
The Spenserian Sonnet: The rhyme-scheme of the Spenserian sonnet is quite
different from that of the Petrarchan sonnet. Its rhyme- scheme is : a b a b, b c b c,
c d c d, e e. It contains four parts: three quatrains and a concluding couplet.
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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1058 1059 1060 1061. Spenserian sonnet Spenserian
sonnet \spen-'sir-e-an \ A sonnet in which the lines are grouped into three
interlocked quatrains (four-line units) and a couplet, with the rhyme scheme abab
bcbc ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1995
The relationship between the interlocking rhymes of the Spenserian sonnet (
abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee) and those of the Spenserian stanza is obvious, but it is
probable that the sonnet form was devised later than the stanza. Unlike the
Spenserian ...
Sara DeFord, Clarinda H. Lott, 1940
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English for a Better World Iii' 2007 Ed.
Although most sonnets follow either the Petrarchan or the Shakespearean form,
there is a third type called the Spenserian sonnet. A Spenserian sonnet has
fourteen lines, but its rhyme scheme differs from that of other sonnets. The rhyme
...
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RDV'S INTERNET ANTHLOGY PLUS
There are three major types of sonnets, upon which all other variations of the
form are based: the "Petrarchan" or "Italian" sonnet, the "Shakespearean" or "
English" sonnet, and the "Spenserian" sonnet. A Petrarchan sonnet consists of an
...
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The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry Before 1600
Spenserian sonnet and blends the poet's love for the three Elizabeths in his life:
his mother, his queen, and his beloved. The speaker begins the first quatrain with
a PAEAN to the letters that make up the name of Elizabeth, because three ...
The rhyme scheme for this sonnet is usually abab cdcd efef gg—which is what I
usedinmyEnglish sonnetpoems—or abbacddc effegg. The couplet at the end
usually comments on what came beforeinthe poem. The Spenserian Sonnet ...
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The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics
The Spenserian sonnet has three interlocking Sicilian quatrains (abab bcbc cdcd
) plus a volta and a heroic couplet (ee); the terza rima sonnet has interlocking
Sicilian triplet (aba) stanzas aba bcb cdc ded, a turn, and a heroic couplet. All
these ...
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3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPENSERIAN SONNET»
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Napa poet nominated for a Pushcart Prize
Trinacria editor Joseph S. Salemi, Ph.D., a professor in the classics department of Hunter College, characterizes Riley's poem as “a Spenserian sonnet in the ... «Napa Valley Register, Apr 15»
Arizona fighting dust storms with haiku
... in successive lines of five, seven and five syllables, is a poetical form perfectly suited to Twitter, much more so than the villanelle or the Spenserian sonnet. «New York Daily News, Jun 12»
Is George Lucas Repeating Himself?
As with a Spenserian sonnet, there's a uniformity to the open letters to Lucas. First, there's the issue of whether to address the director as "Mr. Lucas" or "George. «TIME, May 08»
