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Shakespearean Sonnets

3 Requirements for a Sonnet Rhyme Scheme Iambic Pentameter Content & Structure

Rhyme Scheme the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Rhyme Scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet A B C D E F G A Sea B Power A Plea B Flower C Out D Days C Stout D Decays E Alack F Hid E Back F Forbid G Might G Bright

Iambic Pentameter Iamb—a metrical foot consisting of a unstressed ( ) syllable followed by a stressed ( )syllable Pentameter—a line of poetry consisting of five metrical feet Iambic Pentameter—a line of poetry consisting of five iambs

Macbeth Act II Sc 3 …who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make's love known?

Macbeth Act II Sc 3 …who COULD reFRAIN, That HAD a HEART to LOVE, and IN that HEART CourAGE to MAKE’S love KNOWN?

Constructing Iambic Pentameter WRONG: “I LOVE you so MUCH, I FEEL like my HEART is goING to exPLODE.” RIGHT: “my LOVE is LIKE a STICK of DYnaMITE.”

Content & Structure Originally designed to praise someone or something First two stanzas (quatrains) deal with praise Third stanza (quatrain) deals with a turn Final couplet is the conclusion (return to the praise in the first two quatrains).