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Sonnets Section
1. What is a Sonnet
• It is a fourteen line lyric poem, which is traditionally
written, in iambic pentameter.
1. What is iambic pentameter?
• It is lines which are made up of ten syllables long; "Shall I
compare thee to a summer's day?".
1. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write?
• He wrote 154 sonnets.
1. What are Shakespeare’s 5 most popular sonnets?
• 1-O thou my lovely boy, 2-My Mistress’ eyes, 3-When in
disgrace with fortune, 4-Let me not to the marriage of true
minds, and 5-Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?.