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<blockquote data-quote="newusername" data-source="post: 4423760" data-attributes="member: 562064">This is what&#039;s known as an English Sonnet, ie. 3 quatrains and a couplet (Italian Sonnets have an octave and a sestet; 14 lines total for either style).&nbsp; Sonnet 73 is predominantly iambic pentameter.I don&#039;t think many people use the term &quot;stanzaic development&quot; for anything in English.It should also be noted that Shakespeare&#039;s 73rd sonnet does not actually contain any similes; rather, it uses a series of metaphors.Most notably, he compares age to the passing of the seasons (specifically late fall compared to late in life).&nbsp; He compares age to the rising and setting of the sun (specifically dusk compared to late in life).&nbsp; He also compares a burning fire whose only remnants are ashes to an old man near death.The final couplet is important: Shakespeare acknowledges that their love is stronger because the other party knows he will soon pass on and their mortal relationship will be severed, and yet loves him anyways.The 4th line of the first quatrain is often misunderstood: it is a reference to the Christian church where monks would sing psalms (for the life of me I can&#039;t remember what the ritual is called) every ~3 hours, making them &quot;sweet birds [that] sang [late]&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newusername, post: 4423760, member: 562064"] This is what's known as an English Sonnet, ie. 3 quatrains and a couplet (Italian Sonnets have an octave and a sestet; 14 lines total for either style). Sonnet 73 is predominantly iambic pentameter. I don't think many people use the term "stanzaic development" for anything in English. It should also be noted that Shakespeare's 73rd sonnet does not actually contain any similes; rather, it uses a series of metaphors. Most notably, he compares age to the passing of the seasons (specifically late fall compared to late in life). He compares age to the rising and setting of the sun (specifically dusk compared to late in life). He also compares a burning fire whose only remnants are ashes to an old man near death. The final couplet is important: Shakespeare acknowledges that their love is stronger because the other party knows he will soon pass on and their mortal relationship will be severed, and yet loves him anyways. The 4th line of the first quatrain is often misunderstood: it is a reference to the Christian church where monks would sing psalms (for the life of me I can't remember what the ritual is called) every ~3 hours, making them "sweet birds [that] sang [late]". [/QUOTE]

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