Shakespeare's Sonnets Questions on Shakespearean Sonnet
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
What does the quote from Shakespeare's Sonnet 12 mean?
The concluding couplet of Shakespeare's Sonnet 12 emphasizes the inevitability of death, symbolized by "Time's scythe," which claims all living things. The only defense against this fate is to...