How many words are in a sonnet?

Answer 1

There are exactly 14 verses in a standard Sonnet. These have to go in a certain order like "A-B-A-B-C-D-C-D-E-F-E-F-G-G." Matching letters need to rhyme.

Answer 2

He wrote 154 sonnets, but the rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Answer 3

A sonnet must consist of fourteen lines. There are no word count rules for a poem to be categorized as a sonnet.

Answer 4

A Shakespearean sonnet has ten syllables per line. There are other sonnet forms, and some have a different number of syllables in some lines.

Answer 5

A sonnet should have 14 lines with 10 syllables in each line.

Answer 6

140

Answer 7

ten

Answer 8

14 lines!