How many line in an English sonnet?

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2026-03-01 00:05

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An English Sonnet almost always has 14 lines; and is usually in Iambic Pentameter.

Shorter sonnets exist (G M Hopkins' Curtal Sonnets - including Pied Beauty - are among the best known) - but they are very rare. Sonnets longer than fourteen lines are even rarer.

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