Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 9 AIL 0839 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Assuming Every Sonnet Turns at Nine
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The idea
Line nine is the usual place, not the only one. Shakespearean sonnets sometimes hold the turn to the couplet, and Sonnet seventy-three has no turn to find. A candidate who answers from the convention rather than the page will misread both kinds.
In practice
Nine is usual, not universal.
Where people slip
Some sonnets do not turn at all.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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