Different languages have different metres as their natural Sonnet line.
In English, by far the commonest metre for a sonnet is Iambic Pentameter:
For whom the possessed sea littered, on both shores,
Ruinous arms; being fired, and for good,
But Iambic Tetrameter is also found:
My shrink said "lucid dreaming" tames
recurring nightmares. What the bleep -
And occasionally you will come across even more exotic metres.
Shakespearean sonnets were written in iambic pentameter, which consists of five metrical feet per line, with each foot containing two syllables and the stress falling on the second syllable. This meter gives the sonnets a rhythmic and musical quality.
The majority of Shakespeare's sonnets were written in Iambic Pentameter (ten syllable lines with the stress falling on even number syllables). One or two are in Iambic Tetrameter (eight syllable lines).
Other authors who wrote Shakespearean sonnets also usually chose Iambic Pentameter, though you also find occasional sonnets in Iambic Hexameter (twelve syllable lines), Iambic Tetrameter, and (very rarely) even more exotic metres.
Most Shakespearean sonnets are written in iambic pentameter.
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
Jean V. Alter has written: 'Apollinaire and two Shakespearean sonnets'
Shakespearean sonnets have three quatrains and a couplet.
14 lines, a strict rhyme scheme, and written in iambic pentameter
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.
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.
A sonnet is a 14-line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and meter. It typically explores themes of love, beauty, and mortality. Sonnets are often written in iambic pentameter and come in different forms, such as Shakespearean or Petrarchan.