The structure of the Italiam scenet is more elaborate. It consists of two unequal parts: 19 the first, or octave, of eight lines; (b) the second, or sestet, of six lines. a In the first part there are two stanzas, in each of which the two me lines rhyme together, and the two outside lines rhyme together; and the second stanza repeats the same rhymes as the first-ie. the first, fourth, fifth, and eight lines rhyme together, and the second, third, sixth, and seventh lines rhyme together. (6) In the sestet the first, second, and third lines rhyme severally with the fourth, fifth, and sixth three rhymes), or the first, third, and fifth rhyme together, and the second, fourth, and sixth rhyme together (two rhymes). These rules, observed by Petrarch and other Italian poets, have been followed in England-though with a good deal of freedom-by Milton, Wordsworth, and the majority of sonnetwriters. The division between octave and sestet is generally distinct. But sometimes (as in XLVI., XLVII.) three or even four rhymes are used in the octave instead of two, or the order of rhymes is departed from (as in CX.). In the sestet there is still greater freedom, the order of the rhymes varying much more often. The couplet ending, avoided by Milton, who only used it in one of his seventeen sonnets, is fairly common in Wordsworth (as in LXXXIX.). INDEX OF WRITERS WITH DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827), 1. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL (1788-1824), 5, 7, 9, 27, 39, 46, CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777-1844), 18, 24, 34, 43, 44, 52, 88, 97, COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849), 11. COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834), 4, 109, 122. CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN (1784-1842), 42. HOOD, THOMAS (1798-1845), 61, 67, 72. KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821), 2, 3, 28, 30, 35, 36, 65, 83, 85, 96, 111, LAMB, CHARLES (1775-1835), 57, 69, 75. LAMB, MARY (1764-1847), 76. LYTE, HENRY FRANCIS (1793-1847), 17, 73. MOORE, THOMAS (1780-1852), 22, 38, 54, 58, 62. SCOTT, WALTER (1771-1832), 6, 20, 23, 29, 31, 33, 41, 66, 71, 74, SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822), 8, 12, 21, 25, 32, 40, 63, 80, WOLFE, CHARLES (1791-1823), 55, 70. WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-1850), 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 26, 37, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 56, 60, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 87, 89, At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, At the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly, A weary lot is thine, fair maid,. 31 84 100 13 49 84 30 26 34 1 83 73 95 29 79 28 78 Bright Star! would I were steadfast as thou art, Four seasons fill the measure of the year, I dream'd that as I wander'd by the way,. 102 I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden, 10 If I had thought thou couldst have died, 61 I have had playmates, I have had companions,. 49 I was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile! Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour, 86 121 114 41 2 139 My days among the Dead are past, 55 My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains, 76 O Friend! I know not which way I must look,. Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray, . Oft in the stilly night, Oh snatch'd away in beauty's bloom! O leave this barren spot to me!. O listen, listen, ladies gay, O lovers' eyes are sharp to see, On a Poet's lips I slept, Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee, One more Unfortunate, PAGE 40 19 55 38 56 44 27 122 40 57 Our bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lower'd, 101 24 O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, . 119 Surprized by joy-impatient as the wind,. Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense, 30 81 20 124 There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away, |