fourteenline
Fourteenline refers to a work or form consisting of fourteen lines, most commonly associated with the sonnet, a verse form central to Western poetry since the Renaissance.
In English and other languages, fourteen-line poems typically follow fixed rhyme and metrical patterns, though modern
The best-known fourteen-line forms are the Petrarchan (Italian) and Shakespearean (English) sonnets. The Petrarchan divides into
The Shakespearean divides into three quatrains and a final couplet, with a common rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD
The volta, or turning point, in Petrarchan sonnets often appears between the octave and sestet; in Shakespearean
Modern poets sometimes write strictly fourteen-line poems in free verse or with altered meters, maintaining the
Origins lie in 14th-century Italy and were cultivated across Europe during the Renaissance, with later influence