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
Generally speaking, the first two quatrains set up a situation which the final sestet resolves.
It is also called the English sonnet. The other form is the Italian sonnet, or petrarchan sonnet.
Romeo and Juliet. :)
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
The first 8 lines of a sonnet are called the octet.
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.
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its called a sonnet
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines with very specific rhyme patterns.
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.