VOCABULARY LOG: 12/1/14

1. rhyme scheme: the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
2. sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
3. Petrarchan sonnet:   Also known as an Italian sonnet. The original Italian sonnet form divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet.
4. octave: the first 8 lines of a Petrachan sonnet with the rhyme scheme: a b b a a b b a
5. sestet:  the last 6 lines of a Petrarchan sonnet with the rhyme scheme:                  c d c d c /c d d c d c/c d e c d c/c d e c e d/c d c e d c  *the rhyme scheme in a sestet is flexible
6. line: a single sentence in a poem
7. stanza: a group of lines in a poem
8. couplet: two consecutive lines that rhyme in a poem
9. brittle (adj.): to shatter or break easily (syn. = sensitive
10. contrived (adj.): deliberately created rather than happening naturally or spontaneously (syn. = forced, artificial)
11. oath (n.): a promise regarding one’s future (syn. = vow, guarantee)