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Shakespearean

Accepted Answer

Shakespeare adapted the traditional format of the Petrarchan sonnet .
He uses THREE stanzas of FOUR LINES (quatrains) then a concluding stanza of
TWO LINES (couplet). The rhyme scheme employed is normally ABAB CDCD
EFEF GG. He’d often used ten syllables per line, phrased in the structure of iambic
pentameter.

Question	Shakespearean
Answer	Shakespeare adapted the traditional format of the Petrarchan sonnet . He uses THREE stanzas of FOUR LINES (quatrains) then a concluding stanza of TWO LINES (couplet). The rhyme scheme employed is normally ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. He’d often used ten syllables per line, phrased in the structure of iambic pentameter.

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