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Sonnets are a poetic form in which...

There are 14 lines which in turn almost always (in English at least) have 10 syllables in them. These are arranged into 5 iambs. This is the technical description for a weak beat followed by a strong beat - it's a bit like your heart beat... de (weak) dum (strong). When you have 5 iambs in a line, this is called iambic pentameter. It's the same measure that Shakespeare uses through many of his plays.

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How many lines is an English sonnet?

A Shakespearean, or English, sonnet consists of 14 lines, each line containing ten syllables and written in iambic pentameter, in which a pattern of an unemphasized syllable followed by an emphasized syllable is repeated five times.


What is a sshakespearean sonnet?

A Shakespearean sonnet is a poem in the form ababcdcdefefgg with ten syllables in each line.


What is the synonym for decasyllable?

ten-syllable line


What is the definition of a sonnet?

A Shakespearean, or English sonnet consists of 14 lines, each containing ten syllables and in iambic pentameter! Each line also had a pattern of a non-emphasized syllable followed by an emphasized syllable and is repeated five times. The rhyme scheme in a Shakespearean sonnet is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG the last two lines, GG, end in a rhyming couplet. blah blah blah blah blah blah


How many lines are there in a sonnet and what is its meter?

A sonnet typically consists of 14 lines. The most common meter for a sonnet is iambic pentameter, which means each line has 10 syllables with a stress on every second syllable.


What is a rhythm of a sonnet called?

It is called Iambic Pentameter, a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable


How many iambs are found in this line from Sonnet 18?

There are five iambic feet in a line from Sonnet 18 which consists of ten syllables alternating in stress pattern, such as: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"


What is an example of iambic parameter?

An example of iambic pentameter is the line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. This line consists of five iambs (unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable), making it iambic pentameter.


Which syllables are stressed in the line from Sonnet 16?

In Sonnet 16, each line follows the iambic pentameter rhythm which stresses every other syllable. The stressed syllables are typically on even-numbered syllables, such as the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth.


Which lines is written in iambic pentameter?

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is a famous example of a line written in iambic pentameter. It consists of ten syllables with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable pattern.


Are their more than 1 syllable word that has ten syllables?

A one syllable word has only one syllable. A ten syllable word has ten. There are no one syllable words with ten syllables.


What does sonnet?

The official definition of the word Sonnet is "a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line."