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A Shakespearean Sonnet is also known as an Elizabethan sonnet or an English sonnet. It consists of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter.

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What type of sonnet is sonnet 29?

it is a shakesperian sonnet ie. it has a specific rhyme scheme and a rhyming couplet at the end which stands out bringing a slight change in the poem's theme, tone or even setting


Where is the problem described or developed in the Shakesperian sonnet?

Generally speaking, the first two quatrains set up a situation which the final sestet resolves.


The Shakespearean sonnet is also called?

It is also called the English sonnet. The other form is the Italian sonnet, or petrarchan sonnet.


What is a shakesperian tragedy?

Romeo and Juliet. :)


What are the final six lines of a sonnet called?

The last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are called a couplet. They are the only adjacent lines which rhyme with each other, the others rhyming alternately. In a Petrarchan sonnet the last two lines form part of a six-line unit called a sestet


What is the name for the first eight lines of a sonnet?

The first 8 lines of a sonnet are called the octet.


What is a sonnet that has 10 syllables in it called?

A sonnet with 10 syllables in each line is typically referred to as a decasyllabic sonnet. It is a specific form of the sonnet that follows a strict meter and rhyme scheme.


What is the shakesperian word for the north wind?

Aquilon


Which spartan commander was a shakesperian character?

Lysander


A fourteen line poem is called?

its called a sonnet


What is a 14 lined poem called?

A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines with very specific rhyme patterns.


Was The Shakespearean sonnet also called an Italian sonnet?

No; I actually learned about that today (not joking). They both have 14 lines, but Shakespearean sonnets are made up in a different way. They rhyme in different patterns. So, to answer your question, no, a Shakespearean sonnet was not also called an Italian sonnet.