![]() ![]() Because all sonnets have 14 lines (aside from some super-rare varieties), these different forms are defined by their different rhyme schemes. These patterns usually correspond to a particular form of the sonnet. ![]() In response to these challenges, poets over the centuries have developed some traditional ways of organizing the thought-patterns within sonnets. 14 lines doesn't give the poet much room to talk about a vast range of topics, but it is long enough to talk about one or two ideas in a fair amount of detail. When you think about it, this is a pretty interesting length for a poem. The most basic thing you need to know about the sonnet form is that it refers to a poem in 14 lines of iambic pentameter (usually). Shakespeare's Sonnet 60 is… a Shakespearean sonnet. ![]()
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