Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0554 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: The Form That Almost Fits
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The idea
A fourteen-line poem in an unusual rhyme scheme is still likely a sonnet; a twelve-line poem is not, however sonnet-like. Line count is the hard constraint and rhyme the flexible one, so count first and let the count rule out the options that cannot survive it.
In practice
Count lines before judging form.
Where people slip
Line count is the hard constraint.
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