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What is the rhyme pattern of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130? My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. aabb, ccdd, eeff, gg abba, abba, cddc, ee abab, abab, cde, cde abab, cdcd, efef, gg NextReset

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Hello there,

Your correct answer would be: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red than her lips' red;"
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The correct answer is abab cdcd efef gg. Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare follows the typical structure of an English or Shakespearian sonnet: it consists of fourteen (14) lines organized in three (3) quatrains, with the "volta" appearing in the last quatrain, and a rhyming couplet that sums up or draws a conclusion to what has been stated in the previous quatrains.

Also, in this structure all the end rhymes are full

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