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Despite these similarities, the form of the two sonnets differs. For example, Sidney wrote a Petrarchan sonnet, composed of an eight-line octave and a six-line sestet whereas Shakespeare crafted an English sonnet, made up of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. The rhyme schemes of both sonnets adhere to their respective forms: “31” rhymes abba abba cdcd ee; “73” rhymes abab cdcd efef gg. Stylistically, the two poems differ in that Sidney writes using declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences as opposed to Shakespeare’s straightforward declarative sentences. An examination of each sonnet’s tone reveals how both poems are an expression of sadness. In “73,” this woe comes from the speaker’s knowledge that love, like life, must “expire” (11).
Approximate Word count = 434 Approximate Pages = 1.7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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