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Read the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove.
How does this poem resemble an Elizabethan sonnet?
It contains exactly 14 lines.
It has no set rhyme pattern.
It has a pattern of repeating lines.
It has a set number of syllables per line.
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It contains exactly 14 lines.
Rita Dove’s title signals a sonnet, and the poem follows the sonnet’s 14-line form. It does not follow the Elizabethan (Shakespearean) rhyme scheme or strict iambic pentameter, nor does it rely on repeating lines, so the line count is the main formal resemblance.
Rita Dove’s title signals a sonnet, and the poem follows the sonnet’s 14-line form. It does not follow the Elizabethan (Shakespearean) rhyme scheme or strict iambic pentameter, nor does it rely on repeating lines, so the line count is the main formal resemblance.
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