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Traditionally, what is a characteristic of a sonnet?

Traditionally, what is a characteristic of a sonnet?-example-1

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All sonnets have the following three features in common: They are 14 lines long, have a regular rhyme scheme and a strict metrical construction, usually iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter means that each line has 10 syllables in five pairs, and that each pair has stress on the second syllable.

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