how does a sonnet differ from other forms of poetry?

[felicia c]

why did shakespeare use sonnets?

 

[Kaity]

A sonnet always has 14 lines and a specific meter. The meter is stressed unstressed stressed unstressed.... and on and on.

 

[Kaity]

A sonnet always has 14 lines and a specific meter. The meter is stressed unstressed stressed unstressed.... and on and on.

 

[Jon D]

A sonnet has 14 lines and follows a certain rhyme scheme. A Shakespearean sonnet goes ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

 

[Rachel K]

a sonnet consists of three quatrains and a final couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. Shakespeare was the foremost practitioner of this form of poetry.

 

[Jon D]

A sonnet has 14 lines and follows a certain rhyme scheme. A Shakespearean sonnet goes ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.