were writing sonnets.  Shakespeare developed a form slightly different from that of Petrarch, and this came to be known as the Shakespearean sonnet. It consists of 3 quatrains with a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, and then a concludingcouplet gg. The couplet sums up in an intense  way the general ideas of the quatrains. The rhythm is iambic pentameter. Sonnets generally deal with topics related to love, and so does this of Shakespeare, although here the love object is a man rather than a woman. He says that he would think his life of little value except for the fact his friend makes him feel wealthy and loved. Sonnets are typically rich in metaphor, and so is Sonnet 29, such as personifying heaven (2) and cries (2), and the simile of the lark (10) is also typical of the day.