Īnd Shakespeare used this form for every single one of his 154 sonnets!īut Shakespeare’s sonnets are not the only kind. The quatrains use this rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF followed by the couplet: GG. Here the poem usually shifts mood or focus.įor his sonnets, Shakespeare used a strict rhyme scheme of three rhyming stanzas of four lines, known as quatrains, and then one rhyming stanza of two lines, known as a couplet. There is usually a turning point at line eight, called a volta. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?' asks Shakespeare.Ī sonnet is usually based on just one idea, so he compares someone to a summer’s day for with incredulity the full 14 lines. This one might be his most famous: Sonnet 18.
Sonnets are a form of poem that was much loved by William Shakespeare.
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