A lyric poem of _________ lines is called a Sonnet.

• 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

Source: literarydevices.net