What is a sonnet ? How can you say that 'sonnet 55' of Shakespeare has all the characteristics of an English sonnet ?
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a sonnet is a short poem of 14 lines with a rhyming scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. it contains 3 four-lines stanzas called quatrains and a last couplet of two lines. shakespeare's sonnet 55 has all these features so it is a perfect english sonnet.
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Sonnet refers to the poem using a number of formal rhyming schemes of fourteen lines. Also, it contains ten syllables per line.
English sonnet refers to the sonnet which consists of a couplet and three quatrains along with the rhyming scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. It is also known as a Shakespearean sonnet.
The sonnet 55 of William Shakespeare is an English sonnet because it is made up of 14 lines and three distinct quatrains. It also ends with a couplet.
The rhyming scheme of the sonnet 55 is ababcdcdefefgg which is in similar to the characteristics of the English sonnet.
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