I know that Sonnets have fourteen lines THE QUESTIONS IS are "The Passionate Shepered To His Love by Marlowe and The Nymphs Reply To The Shepherd both Sonnets? If they are what makes them Sonnets? My guess is that they are not because they are not fourteen lines and does not require aregular arrangement of accented and unaccented syllables . I think they are lyrics. Thanks so much for your response.

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I know that Sonnets have fourteen lines THE QUESTIONS IS are "The Passionate Shepered To His Love by Marlowe and The Nymphs Reply To The Shepherd both Sonnets? If they are what makes them Sonnets? My guess is that they are not because they are not fourteen lines and does not require aregular arrangement of accented and unaccented syllables . I think they are lyrics. Thanks so much for your response.

I agree. They are not sonnets because they don't have 14 lines. As I recall, sonnets are lyric poetry, but with more specific requirements.

There are three types of sonnets. Each has a slightly different structure. The site below will give your the specific structure for each type.

Generally, all types of sonnets have 14 lines, are in iambic pentameter, and have a regular rhyme scheme.

http://www.eliteskills.com/poetry/Sonnet.php

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You are correct, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Marlowe and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" are not sonnets. Sonnets are a specific form of poetry that typically have 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter.

In the case of English sonnets, also known as Shakespearean sonnets, they have a specific structure. They consist of three quatrains (four-line stanzas) followed by a concluding couplet (a two-line stanza). The rhyme scheme is usually ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Additionally, sonnets are typically written in iambic pentameter, which means each line has five pairs of syllables, with the stress on every second syllable.

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Marlowe and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" do not follow this structure. They are actually part of a poetic dialogue, where the second poem responds to and challenges the ideas presented in the first poem. While they share themes and are written in a similar style, they do not meet the criteria of a sonnet in terms of their structure and line count.

If you would like to learn more about sonnets and their various forms and structures, the website EliteSkills provides detailed information on their page dedicated to sonnets: http://www.eliteskills.com/poetry/Sonnet.php