FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
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A Shakespearean sonnet consists of 14 lines, rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
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3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet
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10 syllables per line, rhythm pattern of iambic pentameter (unstressed followed by stressed syllable)
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Usually about love
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shakespeare’s sonnets are composed of 14 lines, and most are divided into three quatrains and a final, concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. This sonnet form and rhyme scheme is known as the ‘English’ sonnet.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Shakespearean Sonnets are divided into three quatrains with four lines each and the concluding stanza is a Couplet containing two lines. The Rhyme Scheme of the Sonnets is ‘abab cdc efef gg’. In the fist three quatrains, the poet establishes a theme or problem and then resolves it in the final two lines.
Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout his sonnets, Shakespeare clearly implies that love hurts. Yet despite the emotional and physical pain, like the speaker, we continue falling in love. Shakespeare shows that falling in love is an inescapable aspect of the human condition-indeed, expressing love is part of what makes us human.
Detailed explanation-4: -They have fourteen lines. They have a rhyme scheme. They are written in iambic pentameter.