What kind of poem is Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare?
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What kind of poem is Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare?
Shakespeare's Poems
In addition to his famous plays, William Shakespeare published hundreds of poems throughout his career. Some of these, like The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis, were long narrative poems, while others were shorter.
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View this answerSonnet 18 is a sonnet, as the title suggests. A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter wherein the last two lines form a rhyming...
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Chapter 4 / Lesson 2Learn about William Shakespeare's life and works. Explore the characteristics of Shakespeare's plays and poetry, and discover examples of his works.
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