Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 8 AIL 0705 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Sonnet as a Fixed Form
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The idea
The glossary defines a sonnet as a fourteen-line regular-verse poem usually in iambic pentameter. Fourteen is the hard requirement; the metre is usual rather than obligatory. Unit nine takes the sonnet's internal argument, which is a separate matter from its outward measurements.
In practice
Fourteen lines is the hard rule.
Where people slip
The metre is usual, not required.
Your place on the trail
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