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  • 30-05-2015
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what are the characteristics of an english or shakespearean sonnet?

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rube
rube rube
  • 30-05-2015
The features of a shakepearean sonnet are:

They have 14 lines
3 quatrains and a couplet
It consists of three quatrains that are each 4 lines and ends the poem with a two line couplet. It's always going to have a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg and an iambic pentameter rhythm.

quatrain one - states the problem
quatrain two- elaborates on the problem
quatrain three- a solution
couplet- what happened at the end
i hope this help
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