2. Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154
sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage
of time, love, beauty and mortality, first published
in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES
SONNETS.: Never before imprinted.
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4. • A sonnet is a poem made up of 14 lines. There
are different types of sonnets, but the two most
popular types are the Petrarchan sonnet (Italian)
or the Shakespearean sonnet (English).
• A Shakespearean sonnet is made up of three
quatrains and a couplet
• The rhyme scheme is always abab, cdcd, efef, gg
5. A sonnet is a form of lyric poetry. Lyric
poetry presents the deep feelings and
emotions of the poet as opposed to
poetry that tells a story or presents a
witty observation. The topic of most
sonnets written in Shakespeare's time is
love or a theme related to love.
6. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
7. Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
8. Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked elipses 'gainst his glory fight,
