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Shakespearan sonnets are composed of 4 divisons:

-They have 3 quatrain: which can be a 3 part argument or problem or can be illustrations of it

- They have a volta which is usually the turning point of the argument

-volta are usually found in the first line of the 3rd quatrain or the first line of the couuplet

-They have a couplet which is usually the climax, the solution to the problem, or a comment given on the problem

Shakespearan sonnets are 14 lined (4 lines per quatrain and 2 lines for couplet) lyric poem written in iambic pentameter. They are sad and melancholy and usually written about love. They are written in a ab-ab, cd-cd, ef-ef, g-g form

they have 10 syllables per line

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