With three quatrains, one octave, and finally, an ending couplet, the Chandler Sonnet goes in an iambic pentameter with syllable count being dodecasyllable (or 12 syllables) in the three starting quatrains.
The octave, being the only one acts as the bridge between the third quatrain and the couplet. Moreover, it has its own self set rhyming scheme which in turns acts not only as the 'bridge' but shows a moment of an afterthought, however, the syllabic count for the octave is hendecasyllable(or 11 syllables)
The ending couplet, which can be used at the very end as the 'tier up' of the sonnet, also its own syllabic count being heptasllable or a syllabic count of seven
In shorter terms, the sonnet's stanzas would look like this:
S1: Dodecasyllable
S2: Dodecasyllable
S3: Dodecasyllable
S4: hendecasyllable
S5: heptasyllable
Tha rhyme scheme itself is really straight forword in the approach. While the quatrains have a scheme of ABAB BABA ABAB, the octave's scheme is CDCCDCDD . Lastly, the ending couplet's scheme can be either rhyming or no rhyming. In other words, it would look like this: EE, FF. or EF.
Basically, this is the entire poem's look:
ABAB
BABA
ABAB
CDCCDCDD
EE (FF or EF)
As I was thinking about this form the notion about not explaining some poetic terminology never occurred to be but then again, it will provide a better sense of unconfusing anyone who might look at some of the words and not knowing what they mean. With that in mind, here are the terminologies used in this form.
Poetry Terms:
1. Dodecasyllable[DOH-decka-SIL-uh- bul]: metrical line of twelve syllables.
2. Hendecasyllable[HEN-decka-SIL-uh-bul]: metrical line of eleven syllables
3. HEPTASYLLABLE [HEP-tuh-SIL-uh-bul]: metrical line of seven syllables
4. Octave: stanza of eight lines
5.PENTAMETER [pen-TAM-uh-tur]: A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet
6. (EYE-am) or IAMBUS, IAMBIC: The most common metrical foot in English, German, and Russian verse, and many other languages as well; it consists of two syllables, a short or unaccented syllable followed by a long or accented syllable, as in a-VOID or the RUSH, or from the opening line of John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale"
Example Link: http://allpoetry.com/poem/2577202
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