Types of Poems

What is a sonnet?

This is Sonnet 18 written by William Shakespeare. Notice that the poem is 14 lines and ends with a rhyming couplet.https://www.deviantart.com/theophilia/art/Sonnet-18-432059013

A sonnet is a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter and ends with a rhyming couplet . The original form was invented in the 13/14th ccentury, but remained largely unknown until it was found and developed by writers such as William Shakespeare.

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