Correct Answer - Option 3 : Sonnet
The correct answer is 'Sonnet'.
- Sonnets are fourteen lines poems divided into octet and sestet.
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Octet means eight lines and sestet means six lines.
- These were popular in Italian and were later introduced in English by Sir Thomas Wyatt.
- In Italy it was made popular by Italian poet Francesco Petrarch.
- It's classic rhyme scheme is ABBA ABBA CDE CDE but other variations exist.
- Sonnets that use this classic rhyme are called Petrarchan sonnets.
Hence, Petrarchan is a category of sonnet.
Let's look at other options:
| Options |
Explanation |
| Ode |
Its is composed of lyrical stanza which glorifies something. For example Shelley's Ode to the West Wind, where he is praising the power of the wind and how it's destroys and preserve at the same time.
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| Elegy |
It's a type of poem that involves lamenting on loss of something or someone and it also involves serious reflection on life. For example Milton's Lycidas written after the death of his friend. |
| Drama |
Drama are type of literary fiction which differs from poetry or novel due to it's aspect of performance. An example of drama can be Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlow.
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