What is “Sonnet”?

1. A prose of special nature.
2. A sad poem of reputed poet.
3. A poem of fourteen lines.
4. A criticism of a poet.

Answer: A poem of fourteen lines.

Explanation: • Sonnet:- A lyric poem of fourteen iambic pentameter lines.- Often, sonnets use iambic pentameter: five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables for a ten-syllable line.- Sonnets were invented by the Italian poet Giacomo da Lentini during the 1200s.Types of Sonnets:• Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet: • English or Shakespearean Sonnet• Spenserian• Miltonic• Occitan Sonnets• Caudate Sonnets• Curtal Sonnets