LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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What is the rhyme scheme in Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 14”?Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;And yet methinks I have astronomy, But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons’ quality;
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AABB
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ABAB
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ABBA
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ABCD
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The sonnets are composed in iambic pentameter, the metre used in Shakespeare’s plays. The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Sonnets using this scheme are known as Shakespearean sonnets, or English sonnets, or Elizabethan sonnets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Synopsis: As astrologers predict the future from the stars, so the poet reads the future in the “constant stars” of the young man’s eyes, where he sees that if the young man breeds a son, truth and beauty will survive; if not, they die when the young man dies.
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