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Shakespeare's sonnets What Is a Sonnet A sonnet is a 14-line poem that is written in iambic pentameter. The term "iambic" refers to the type of foot, or unit of rhythm, which in this case is composed of a weaker syllable followed by an accented syllable. "Pentameter" refers to the number of feet in a line, which in this case is five. Therefore, each line in iambic pentameter consists of five two-syllable units of rhythm — essentially "Da dum da dum da dum da dum da dum" in most cases, with "da" being the weaker syllable and "dum" being the accented syllable. The three traditional forms of sonnets are Italian or Petrarchan sonnets, English or Shakespearean sonnets and Spenserian sonnets.
Shakespeare's SonnetsEnglish sonnets usually are called Shakespearean sonnets, after famous poet and playwright William Shakespeare, who lived in England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This type of sonnet has three four-line stanzas, called quatrains, followed by a two-line stanza, called a couplet. The rhyming scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. Each stanza introduces a separate idea, extending, playing off or arguing with what went before. The turn often comes between the final quatrain and the couplet. |