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The last line is in fact an alexandrine—an iambic hexameter, which occurs occasionally in some iambic pentameter texts as a variant line, most commonly the final line of a passage or stanza, and has a tendency, as in this example, to break in the middle, producing a symmetry, with its even number of syllables split into two halves, that ...
In Slovenia the sonnet became a national verse form, using iambic pentameter with feminine rhymes, based both on the Italian endecasillabo and German iambic pentameter. [156] The greatest Slovenian poet, France Prešeren , [ 157 ] wrote several sonnet sequences from 1831 onwards and is particularly known for his crown of sonnets , Sonetni venec ...
The 1st line exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter: × / × / × / × / × / Those lines that I before have writ do lie, (115.1) This sonnet contains examples of all three metrical variations typically found in literary iambic pentameter of the period. Lines 2 and 4 feature a final extrametrical syllable or feminine ending:
While frequently the rhythm of iambic pentameter lines arises from the implicit emphasis of its words, this sonnet affords several examples of the implicit emphasis of words arising from the meter. For example, in line 9, Shakespeare diverts the ictus away from the two strong tonic stresses of "love" and "lov'st" by arranging the line such that ...
Sonnet 66 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. ... and is composed in iambic pentameter, ... (for example, by Gerald ...
Sonnet 44 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Sonnet 44 is continued in Sonnet 45 .
Sonnet 119 is one of ... The 3rd line exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter: ... and 12) feature a final extrametrical syllable or feminine ending, as for example:
Sonnet 84 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet, which has three quatrains, ... Most of the lines are examples of regular iambic pentameter, including the 11th line: