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Structure and Form: The Sonnet — Homework
Read Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") twice before answering.
- 1.How many lines make up a Shakespearean sonnet, and how are they divided?
- 2.Where does the volta occur in Sonnet 18, and what changes there?
- 3.Label the rhyme scheme of a full Shakespearean sonnet using letters.
- 4.Explain in a sentence or two why a fixed, demanding form like the sonnet might strengthen a poem rather than limit it.
- 5.In three or more sentences, explain why Shakespeare might save his boldest claim for the final couplet instead of the opening line.
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