Sonnet: A fourteen-line poem, typically in iambic pentameter, with a specific rhyme scheme and a turn in thought.
How to apply it: Analyze how the sonnet form—particularly the volta—structures the development of an argument or emotional shift.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Poetry I
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