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    The document discusses the Spenserian sonnet, a form of poetry that consists of 14 lines divided into three quatrains that follow the rhyme scheme ABAB BCBC CDCD, along with a final rhyming couplet. It was created by Edmund Spenser as a variant of the Shakespearean sonnet, differing in its rhyme scheme. An example Spenserian sonnet by Edmund Spenser is also presented, demonstrating the form's structure.

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    SPENSERIAN

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    SPENSERIAN

    SONNET
    INTRODUCTION
     These sonnet is different from Petrarchan and
    Shakesperean sonnets ;
     Spenser's sonnets offer a variant of the Shakespearen
    sonnet;different in rhyme scheme but similarly features
    three quatrains and a couplet.
     Definition, Origin, Structure, and Examples.
    SPENSERIAN SONNET
    A fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter, which
    is devided into three quatrains and a couplet;
    Rhyme scheme : ABAB, BCBC, CDCD, EE;
    This sonnet is
    STRUCTURE OF THE SPENSERIAN
    SONNET
     14 LINES First Quatrain
    Rhyme scheme
    ( ABAB )

    Second Quatrain
    Rhyme scheme
    Third Quatrain ( BCBC )
    An ending Couplet Rhyme scheme
    Rhyme scheme ( CDCD )
    ( EE )
    ABAB + BCBC + CDCD + EE = 14 LINES
    SONNET 75
    BY Edmund Spenser

    }
    One day I wrote her name upon the strand A
    But came the waves and washed it away; B
    Again I wrote it with a second hand, A
    But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
    B

    }
    “Vain man,” said she, “that doest in vain assay, B
    A mortal thing so to immortalize, C
    For I myself shall like to this decay,
    B
    And eke my name be wiped out likewise.”
    C

    }
    “Not so,” quod I, “let baser things devise C
    To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: D
    My verse your virtues rare shall eternize, C
    And in the heavens write your glorious name.
    D

    }
    Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, E
    Our love shall live, and later life renew.” E
    FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE
    QUATRAIN - is a 4 line stanza
    COUPLET - is a 2 line stanza
    INTERLOCKED/INTERCONNECTED QUATRAIN
    - (chain verse)...ABAB, BCBC, CDCD
     RHYME SCHEME - the formal arrangement of
    rhymes in a stanza or a poem
    SPENSERIAN SONNET’S ORIGIN

     The Spenserian sonnet was created by Edmund


    Spenser (1552-1599). Edmund Spenser was an
    English poet who was most famous for his
    work, 'The Faerie Queene' (1590) as well as
    his poetry collection Amoretti (1595).
     Spenserian sonnets were created during the
    same time period as the Shakespearean
    sonnet, and so there are similarities in the
    features of both forms.The Spenserian
    sonnet was also influenced by the
    Petrarchan sonnet (named after the Italian
    poet Petrarch), which is seen in their shared
    use of the volta.

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