The Shakespearian Sonnet

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The Shakespearian Sonnet
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The Shakespearian Sonnet

• 14-Lines
• 3-Quatrains (A/B/A/B-C/D/C/D-E/F/E/F)
• 1-Couplet (G/G)
• Each line is written in Iambic Pentameter
• 10-Syllables
• Unstressed/stressed pattern

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The Shakespearian Sonnet

• LX
• Like as the waves make towards the pebbled
  shore, A
• So do our minutes hasten to their end, B
• Each changing place with that which goes
  before A
• In sequent toil all forwards do contend. B
• Nativity, once in the main of light, C
• Crawls to maturity, wherewith, being crowned, D
• Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight C
• And Time that gave, doth now his gift confound.
  D
• Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, E
• And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, F
• Feeds on the rarities of natures truth, E
• And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow
  F
• And yet, to times, in hope, my verse shall stand,
  G
• Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. G

Quatrain
Quatrain
Quatrain
Couplet
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The Shakespearian Sonnet

• Iambic Pentameter
• (duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH).
• So do our minutes hasten to their end

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The Shakespearian Sonnet

• Writing Your Shakespearian Sonnet
• 14-Lines
• 3-quatrains
• 1-couplet
• Iambic pentameter
• 10-Syllables/line
• Stressed/unstressed pattern