Question

(i) It means 'a little sound’.

(ii) Consists of fourteen lines.

(iii) Lines are usually in iambic pentameters

(iv) Petrarch, Spenser, and Shakespeare gave the basic form to it.

Direction:  Regarding the above four features choose the most appropriate statement.

1. No. (i) and (ii) are related to Ode and No. (iii) and (iv) are related to Elegy.
2. No. (ii) and (iv) are related to Epic.
3. No. (i) and (iii) are related to Ode.
4. All the features are related to Sonnet.
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : All the features are related to Sonnet.

The correct answer is 'All the features are related to Sonnet.'

• A sonnet is a poem generally structured in the form of 14 lines, usually iambic pentameter, that expresses a thought or idea and utilizes an established rhyme scheme.
• As a poetic form, the sonnet was developed by an early thirteenth-century Italian poet, Giacomo da Lentini.
• However, it was the Renaissance Italian poet Petrarch that perfected and made this poetic literary device famous.
• Sonnets were adapted by Elizabethan English poets and William Shakespeare in particular.
• The name is taken from the Italian sonetto, which means "a little sound or song."
• It is thus evident that all the statements are features related to the Sonnet.
• Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.

• An ode is a form of poetry such as a sonnet or elegy. 
  • For eg.- 'Silver shot moon
                  Hangs high in the sky
                  Radiating light to be reflected.'
• An elegy is a form of poetry that typically reflects on death or loss.
  • For eg.- 'O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
                  The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
                  The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
                  While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;'
• An epic is a long narrative poem that is elevated and dignified in theme, tone, and style.​
  • For eg.- 'i am the way into the city of woe,
                   I am the way into eternal pain,
                   I am the way to go among the lost.'