![]() The sonnet, a fourteen-line poetic form that originated in medieval Italy, made its way over to England through the very popular poems of Petrarch, an Italian poet, and Ronsard, a French one. A perfect example is line 5 (italicized syllables are stressed): O no! It is an ev-er fix-ed mark Now that we’ve got the meter down, let’s take a look at the form. Altogether, every line has ten syllables – five iambs times two syllables per iamb = ten syllables total. Each of these feet is one of the "da- dum" – the dum is stressed. This is a fancy way of explaining the consistent da- dum, da- dum, da- dum rhythm of the lines every line has five two-syllable "feet" (yes, that’s what they’re actually called), or iambs. ![]() This sonnet, like all of the other sonnets, and like Shakespeare’s plays, is written in iambic pentameter. ![]() ![]() Let’s tackle the simpler part first: the meter. Elizabethan (Shakespearean) Sonnet, Iambic Pentameter ![]()
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