Journal-+The+rules+of+a+Shakespeare+Sonnet

The rules of a Shakepearan Sonnet are that they have a rhyme scheme. ABABCDCDEFEF (except for the last 2 lines) and so forth. However, in some parts of Romeo and Juliet, you can see a different type of rhyme scheme. On page 53, Romeo speaks a long paragraph and its rhyme scheme is AABBCCDDEE and so forth. They will always be fourteen lines and there will be always 10 syllables in a line. The meter will always be five.

An example of a real Shakespearan sonnet is on page 57, when Romeo and Juliet speak to each other.