a.Shakespearean sonnets have two sections, one with eight lines (called the octave) and one with six lines (called the sestet).
b.Shakespearean sonnets have three quatrains and a couplet.
c.Usually the topic or focus of the Shakespearean sonnet shifts after the first stanza.
d.Shakespearean sonnets follow a rhyme scheme of ABBA, CDDC, EFFE, GG.
b.Shakespearean sonnets have three quatrains and a couplet.
c.Usually the topic or focus of the Shakespearean sonnet shifts after the first stanza.
d.Shakespearean sonnets follow a rhyme scheme of ABBA, CDDC, EFFE, GG.