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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elevated language 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: -Sonnet 18: The Valentine’s Day Sonnet Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? It is a quintessential love poem and that is why it so often used on Valentine’s Day. Sonnet 18 is also a perfect example of Shakespeare’s ability to explain human emotion so succinctly.
Detailed explanation-3: -True love means loving a partner for their inner self and all the changes and flaws that come with that person. Shakespeare believes that love “is an ever-fixèd mark / That looks on tempests and is never shaken” (lines 6-7).
Detailed explanation-4: -Sonnet 18. One of Shakespeare’s best known and most loved sonnets, this reading explains that the stability of love will immortalise a partner’s beauty and youth. ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.