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What are the characteristics of an english or shakespearean sonnet?

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The features of a shakepearean sonnet are:

They have 14 lines
3 quatrains and a couplet
It consists of three quatrains that are each 4 lines and ends the poem with a two line couplet. It's always going to have a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg and an iambic pentameter rhythm.

quatrain one - states the problem
quatrain two- elaborates on the problem
quatrain three- a solution
couplet- what happened at the end
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