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William Shakespeare

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What is a Sonnet?

• Before Shakespeare’s day, the word “sonnet” meant simply “little song,” i.e., a short lyric poem. It changed towards the 16th century.

• A sonnet contains 14 lines.• The three Quatrains of 4 lines each and

a Couplet of 2 lines.• The themes are revealed in the

Quatrains whereas the Resolution or Conclusion is projected in the Couplet.

What is a Sonnet?

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Not Marble ...

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Nor the gilded

monuments..

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Shall outlive this powerful

rhyme...

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But you shall shine more

powerful in these contents...

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Than unswept

stone besmear'd with ...

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Sluttish time...

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When wasteful war ...

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Shall statues

overturn...

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And broils root out the work of masonry,

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Nor Mars his

sword...

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Nor war’s quick fire

shall burn...

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The living record of your

memory .

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'Gainst death and all-oblivious

enmity

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Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room...

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Even in the eyes of all posterity

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That wear this world out to the ending doom.

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So, till the judgment that

yourself arise,

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You live in this,

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and dwell in lovers' eyes.

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