Name
Date
SONNET 18
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Literary Analysis
SONNET
SONNET 18 / SONNET XXX OF FATAL
INTERVIEW
A sonnet is a poetic form that has been used for centuries, with love usually as its subject.
It is typically a 14-line lyric poem written with a strict pattern of rhythm and rhyme. A
Shakespearean sonnet includes:
• a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
• two-line unit
• a pattern of rhythm called iambic pentameter. A rhythm unit of meter is a foot. The
most commonly used metrical foot is an iamb, which is an unstressed syllable followed
by a stressed syllable. In Shakespearean sonnets, each line usually has f ive iambs, or
feet. When a line has five feet, it is referred to as pentameter.
Directions: Use the chart below to compare the two sonnets.
“Sonnet 18”
Subject
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Number of lines
Rhyme scheme
Line groups
Meter
Resource Manager
Unit 7
Grade 10
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