Shakespeare's Sonnets Questions on Iambic Pentameter
Shakespeare's Sonnets
What are the features of a Shakespearean sonnet, as seen in sonnets 18, 30, and 130?
A Shakespearean sonnet features 14 lines in iambic pentameter, structured into three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet with the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG. Sonnet 18 diverges with a...
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Which of Shakespeare's sonnets do not have 14 lines?
No, this response is incorrect. Although it accurately defines sonnets and their context in regard to Shakespeare, it is in error when it states that all of Shakespeare's sonnets contain 14 lines....
Shakespeare's Sonnets
In sonnets 18, 29, or 30, find an example of Shakespeare's structural deviation.
In Sonnet 29, Shakespeare deviates from the standard iambic pentameter by emphasizing the first syllable in the lines, "Haply I think on thee, and then my state, / Like to the lark at break of day...