Read this essay at The Sonneteer! Sonnet types discussed: The Sicilian: ABAB ABAB, CDC DCD The Italian: ABBA ABBA, CDC DCD The English: ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG The French: ABAB, CDCD, EEF, GGF The Spenserian: ABAB, BCBC, CDCD, EE The Miltonic: Italian, with enjambment, delayed volta, and non-courtly/erotic content The Meredithian: ABBA, CDDC, EFFE, GHHG The Pushkin: aBaB, ccDD, eFFe, GG The Hilbertian: ABC ABC, DEF DEF, GG The Terza Rima: ABA, BCB, CDC, DED, EE The Hybrid: Various. Ex: ABBA ABBA, CDCD, EE The Caudate: Various. Usually Italian, plus cauda (tail) The Curtal: Various. Sestet plus “super-quatrain” (quatrain + hemistich) Support the show VISIT 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: @versecraft Send me a note at: versecraftpodcast@gmail.com My 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 Association Art by David Anthony Klug List 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 (/ /)
