· 14 lines of iambic pentameter
da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM
· Sonnets concerned with universal questions of time, death, beauty, love, moral integrity and poetry itself
English--Shakespearean
· Three quatrains (4-line stanza) and a heroic couplet (2 rhyming lines)
· Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg
Italian—Petrachan
· Octave (8-line stanza) and sestet (6-line stanza)
· Volta—the shift from octave to sestet with a dramatic change in meaning and/or tone
· Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde
· can change sestet’s rhyme scheme to create a concluding heroic couplet
Roehl's Family
About Me
- Ms. Roehl
- Since I began my tenure teaching high school English in 1998, I have taught British Literature, Composition II, Journalism, Creative Writing, English 10 and World Literature. I enjoy reading my favorite magazines, Newsweek , People and National Geographic, doing crossword and Sudoku puzzles, and settling down with a good book in front of the fireplace. My husband Mike is a criminal defense attorney, and we have two children, Joe, a graduate of St. John's University, and Sarah, a freshman at SLP High School.
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