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Sonnet 148
Poem by William Shakespeare From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sonnet 148 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
It is considered a Dark Lady sonnet, as are all from 127 to 152.
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Structure
Sonnet 148 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet. It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form ABAB CDCD EFEF GG and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions. The 13th line exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter:
× / × / × / × / × / O cunning Love! with tears thou keep'st me blind, (148.13)
- / = ictus, a metrically strong syllabic position. × = nonictus.
Line 2 exhibits a rightward movement of the fourth ictus (resulting in a four-position figure, × × / /
, sometimes referred to as a minor ionic), and line 3 has a mid-line reversal and (potentially) and initial reversal:
× / × / × / × × / / Which have no correspondence with true sight! / × × / / × × / × / Or, if they have, where is my judgement fled, (148.2-3)
Initial reversals also potentially occur in lines 7, 8, and 11, with a potential mid-line reversal in line 1. Potential minor ionics occur in lines 6, 9, 10, and 14.
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