Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
Shakespearean sonnets have three quatrains and a couplet.
There are two main types of sonnets: Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnets and Shakespearean (or English) sonnets. Petrarchan sonnets consist of an octave followed by a sestet, while Shakespearean sonnets consist of three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet.
One characteristic that is NOT shared between Italian and Shakespearean sonnets is the type of rhyme scheme they follow. Italian sonnets typically follow an ABBA ABBA CDC DCD rhyme scheme, while Shakespearean sonnets follow an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme.
Some notable examples of Shakespearean sonnets that were not written by William Shakespeare include those by Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, and Mary Wroth. These poets also wrote sonnets in the same form and style as Shakespeare, known as the Shakespearean or English sonnet.
A collection of Shakespeare's Sonnets, perhaps?
Yes, it's in my book which is called "Shakespeare's Sonnets"
Love and the impermanence of beauty are common themes.
Shakespearean sonnets follow an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme.
14 lines, with rhyming couplets in the last 2 lines.
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The rhyme scheme is different. Petrarchian sonnets start off ABBAABBA whereas Shakespearean ones go ABABCDCD