Thank you so much for joining me on this final tour of my family home. My mother told my siblings and me early on that, to avoid drama, she would not sell to any family member. So, here we are. It was therapeutic for me to record my memories, try my hand at some fun poetry forms, and be cheered on by so many of you.

Here's to moving forward.

I learned so much about sonnets and tried my best.

Originating in Italy, the sonnet comes from the Italian word sonetto, meaning "little song" or "little sound." The oldest known sonnet form was invented by Italian poet Francesco Petrach in the 14th century. Called the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet, this sonnet structure consists of first an octave (eight lines of verse in iambic pentameter) and then a sestet (six lines). The rhyme scheme is abba abba; the rhyme scheme in the sestet can vary a little but is typically cde cde or cdc dcd.

In terms of themes, these days sonnets are most often associated with themes of love and romance, though topics such as death, time, and faith are not uncommon.

In a sonnet, the volta is the turn of thought or argument: in Petrarchan or Italian sonnets it occurs between the octave and the sestet.

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