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Sonnet- Sonnets of Shakespeare

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onnets are poems which was composed by William Shakespeare in various themes. There were almost 154 sonnets, which was together published in the year of 1609. The themes discussed in these poems were mainly love, mortality, beauty, infidelity and jealousy. Among these 154 sonnets, about 126 were addressed to a "young man" and remaining 28 addressed to a woman, a mysterious 'dark lady'. Common factors identified in all of this poems include they have fourteen lines each. The fourteen lines are classified into four subgroups. The first three subgroups have like four lines of poems each, or quatrains. The conclusion comes with two line subgroup and two lines would rhyme with each other.Also, they are written in a iambic pentameter, which is ten syllables per line. Even though, all sonnets are of high quality, they had entered into the culture and also is daily quoted by people in all levels.

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Sonnet- Sonnets of Shakespeare

Documents | English