The major difference between these two types is the rhyme scheme. The octave of a Petrarchan sonnet generally follows this form: ABBAABBA, where each letter represents one particular end rhyme for that line. ... The English sonnet, in contrast, has a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCD EFEFGG (the final two, rhyming lines are known as a heroic couplet, bee-tee-dubs). ... The octave is like an English sonnet, and its rhyme scheme is ABABCDCD. The sestet, however, takes the form of a Petrarchan sonnet and has a rhyme scheme of EFGEFG. ...

• Word Count: 3268
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

It has a unique meter and rhyme scheme, unlike the common iambic pentameter used in England at the time this poem was written. It is written in iambic tetrameter and it thoroughly makes use of end rhymes in couplets ("twos"). ... ") Internal rhyme is used in line 36 (At every pore..) and 37 (now let us sport.). ...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although both poems have two stanzas, the rhyme schemes are different. In "Infant Joy", Blake uses a rhyme scheme of ABCDAC for the first stanza and ABCDDC for the second. On the other hand, Blake uses a regular AABB rhyme throughout the whole poem in "Infant Sorrow". ... The first lines of the first stanza and the first couplet of the second stanza are identical in each poem; however, the way the poems develop is in sharp contrast due to the different use in diction and imagery in each poem. ...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate