Shakespeare primarily wrote a particular type of sonnet, known as the Shakespearian sonnet or the English sonnet.
What Is A Sonnet?
A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines, usually about love, which originated in Italy in the thirteenth century. There are two main types of sonnet: The Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearian sonnet. A sonnet consists of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet, which comes at the end.
About Shakespeare's Sonnets
What Is A Sonnet?
A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines, usually about love, which originated in Italy in the thirteenth century. There are two main types of sonnet: The Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearian sonnet. A sonnet consists of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet, which comes at the end.
About Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets (that we know of!)
- The rhyme scheme is typically abab cdcd efef gg. Essentially, this means that the 'a' lines rhyme with each other, as do the 'b' lines, and so on.
- Sonnet 18, also known as 'Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?' is probably his most famous sonnet.
- Shakespeare is most famous for his plays. These can be divided into three categories: Tragedies, comedies and histories.
- He also wrote two long poems
- Many idioms and words that we use today were invented by Shakespeare!
