Understanding Sonnet Structures and Types

They both have a fixed rhyme scheme.

They both lack a volta.

They both use iambic pentameter.

They both have 12 lines.

Into four tercets and a couplet.

Into three quatrains and a couplet.

Into two sestets and a couplet.

Into an octave and a sestet.

In the first quatrain.

At the beginning of the poem.

In the middle of the poem.

In the final couplet.

Into four tercets and a couplet.

Into two sestets and a couplet.

Into an octave and a sestet.

Into three quatrains and a couplet.

In the middle of the sestet.

At the end of the poem.

At the beginning of the sestet.

At the end of the octave.

It uses a continuous rhyme scheme.

It uses the same rhyme scheme as a Petrarchan sonnet.

It has no rhyme scheme.

It has alternating rhymes in the quatrains.

First, fourth, fifth, and eighth lines.

Second, third, sixth, and seventh lines.

First, second, third, and fourth lines.

Fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth lines.

All lines rhyme with each other.

Every line rhymes with the next.

Every third line rhymes.

No lines rhyme.

To introduce a new character.

To repeat the opening lines.

To change the direction or tone of the poem.

To summarize the poem.

Shakespearean sonnet

Neither has a flexible rhyme scheme

Both have the same flexibility

Petrarchan sonnet