SONNETS

• Shakespearean sonnets are two quartets and then a couplet.
• Patrarchan sonnets are divided in an octet and a sestet.
• The sonnet is a satire to the Patrarchan sonnets - which are more romantic and idolizing.
• It changes tone at the last couplet from criticizing and insulting the woman Shakespeare loved to praising her and accepting to love her for the way she was.
• The "shift" is visible because of the time change but also, coincidentally, the rhyme scheme also changes - making it more obvious.