Sonnet 31 is a Shakespearean sonnet, specifically because
it was written by Shakespeare whose sonnets define that particular form. The last two
lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are a rhyming couplet - that should help you identify
them.
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is:
ababcdcdefefgg
A Petrarchan sonnet always has an octave (8
lines) whose rhyme scheme is abbaabba, and the last sestet (6 lines) can vary in rhyme
scheme and be either: cdcdcd, cddcdc, cdecde, cdeced, or cdcedc
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