![]() ![]() It's Shakespeare's way of saying, Thaaaaaaat's all, folks. The rest of the poem rhymes every alternate line, but this final couplet ties it all together with a satisfying sound repetition. So, till the judgment that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes (13-14) A couplet, which even sounds like "couple," is a group of two lines that rhyme. Petrarch, an Italian who wrote some pretty major stuff in the fourteenth century, invented this 14-line poem, but a trio of pre-Shakespearean English dudes (Thomas Wyatt, the Earl of Surrey, and Philip Sidney, if you're interested) developed it into the form Will uses: 3 quatrains plus a couplet, with an overall ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme.īut let's rewind to some basics: what the kerfuddled munchkin is a quatrain? It's actually pretty simple: just a stanza of four lines, usually with alternating rhymes. After all, Shakespeare doesn't even get credit for inventing this baby. They're also called "English sonnets," just so everyone else doesn't feel left out. Shakespeare's sonnets follow the form known as-wait for it- Shakespearean sonnets. There are a lot of sonnets floating around in the poetic ocean, so make sure you've got hold of the right fish when you start talking about form. ![]() Shakespearean Sonnet with Iambic Pentameter
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