Sonnet 139 potentially in line 9. Line 13 exhibits a rightward movement of the fourth ictus (resulting in a four-position figure, codice_1, sometimes referred to as a "minor ionic"): The meter demands both occurrences of "power" in line 4 function as single syllables. The words "elsewhere" (lines 5 and 12) and "outright" (line 14) are double-stressed, and in this context move their stresses to the second syllable. Sonnet 139 Sonnet 139 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Sonnet 139 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a
Sonnet 28 couplet, and perhaps lines ten and twelve, each has a final extra syllable or feminine ending: Alliteration occurs in the sonnet, the b, d or p sounds for example, found in lines 1 through 3. Sonnet 28 Sonnet 28 is one of 154 sonnets published by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare in 1609. It is a part of what is considered the Fair Youth group, and part of another group (sonnets 27, 28, 43 and 61) that focuses on the solitary poet reflecting on his friend. There is a theme of night and sleeplessness, which is a traditional