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The Sonnet

The Sonnet. Basic Facts. Shakespearean sonnet 3 stanzas 4 lines per stanza Each stanza is related to the previous stanza A couplet at the end: A couplet is two rhymed lines The meter is iambic unstressed, stressed/ unstressed stressed/ The po e try of earth is ne ver dead:.

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The Sonnet

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  1. The Sonnet

  2. Basic Facts • Shakespearean sonnet • 3 stanzas • 4 lines per stanza • Each stanza is related to the previous stanza • A couplet at the end: A couplet is two rhymed lines • The meter is iambic unstressed, stressed/ unstressed stressed/ • The poetry of earth is never dead:

  3. Basic construction of a Shakespearean Sonnet • 1. 3 Quatrains with a final couplet •  Quatrain = four-line stanza in a set rhyming pattern •  Couplet = two rhyming lines • First Quatrain • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (A) • Thou art more lovely and more temperate: (B) • Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, (A) • And summer's lease hath all to short a date: (B) • 2. The rhythm for a Shakespearean Sonnet is Iambic Pentameter •  Iambic = two syllables (an unaccented followed by an 
accented) •  Pentameter = five feet (iambs) per line • First Quatrain • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? • Thou art more lovely and more temperate: • Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, • And summer's lease hath all to short a date:

  4. Rhythm-Iambic Pentameter

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