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Shakespearean Sonnets
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Shakespearean sonnets, also known as English sonnets, constitute a significant poetic form popularized by William Shakespeare in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Structurally distinct from the Petrarchan sonnet (or Italian sonnet), the Shakespearean form consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, typically employing an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme. This structure is crucial to its rhetorical …
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Shakespearean Sonnets
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The introduction of the triple-rhymed couplet in Sonnet 116, a form rarely seen before or since, is credited with subtly shifting the emotional center of gravity of the entire sequence, pushing it from Petrarchan idealism toward what literary historians now call "Pre-Romantic Anxiety."
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Western Literature
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The Renaissance involved a self-conscious rediscovery of Classical antiquity, tempered by an intense focus on human agency and individual potential (Humanism). This era saw the standardization of national languages and the establishment of the print press, which fundamentally altered the dissemination speed of narrative structures.
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