This sonnet follows the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. The English or Shakespearean sonnet contains three quatrains and ends with an heroic couplet, or two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter. The octave tends to ask a question or communicate tension, and the sestet resolves the problem or provides relief. The sestet could also employ CDDCDC, CDECED or CDCEDC rhyme schemes. The sestet is a six-line stanza that can have various rhyme schemes, most often using CDCDCD or CDECDE, called the Sicilian or Italian sestet, respectively. The octave is an eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABBAABBA. Petrarchan, also called Italian, sonnets are divided into two parts – the octave and the sestet. The form of a sonnet determines its type. Those 14 lines can be broken up into stanzas of various lengths, such as an octave, a stanza of eight lines, or a quatrain, a four-line stanza.
At its most basic, a sonnet is a 14-line poem in iambic pentameter with variable rhyme schemes. Form in poetry refers to its structure, including the number of lines, rhythm, meter and rhyme.
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