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Fourteen lines, all in iambic pentameter (ie primarily composed as 10 syllables in a rhythmic beat: da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da) and set in the following rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg.

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How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

In a Shakespearean sonnet, there are 3 quatrains


What is the difference between shakespearean sonnet and spenserian sonnet?

The rhyme scheme is different. A Shakespearean sonnet is ababcdcdefefgg whereas a Spenserian is ababbcbccdcdee.


What is the other term for an Shakespearean sonnet?

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Is Le Loupgarou a Petrachan Sonnet or a Shakespearean Sonnet?

Derek Walcott's Le Loupgarou is a Shakespearean sonnet. It has three riming quatrains and a concluding riming couplet. In a clear majority of cases, a final riming couplet will characterise a Shakespearean sonnet.


What type of poetry contains 3 quatrains and a couplet?

A Shakespearean sonnet consists of 3 quatrains (4-line stanzas) followed by a rhymed couplet (2-line stanza).


Is travel an English sonnet?

C. "Into My Own"A Shakespearean sonnet ends in a riming couplet. If a sonnet ends in a riming couplet it will nearly always be Shakespearean.


Is Shakespearean a sonnet?

A Shakespearean Sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter and with a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg.


What is true about Shakespearean sonnet?

Shakespearean sonnets have three quatrains and a couplet.


Was The Shakespearean sonnet also called an Italian sonnet?

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.


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If you mean William Shakespeare's sonnet 73, it is not surprisingly a Shakespearean sonnet.