Iambic Pentameter and Sonnet Structure
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Iambic Pentameter
A rhythm and meter in a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable; It has 10 syllables in all.
foot
One measure of patterned syllables in a line of verse; in the case of iambic pentameter, a foot contains one unstressed and one stressed syllable.
meter
The beat of a poem
syllables
Beats in a word; can be unstressed or stressed.
Sonnet's have ____ lines
14
Sonnets have _____ quatrains
3
Sonnets have _____ couplet
1
Sonnets are written with this rhythm and meter
Iambic Pentameter
A sonnet's rhyme scheme
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Shakespeare's English is ________
Early Modern English
Fretag's pyramid
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement
Note 
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