Answer: iambic pentameter.
Explanation:
A sonnet is a poetic form. The word sonnet comes from the Italian word "sonetto", meaning "a little song."
When it comes to the English literature, we usually mention three major sonnet types: the Shakespearean, the Petrarchan, and the Spenserian. The main characteristics shared by all sonnet types are:
- They have fourteen lines (which contain four sections, or quatrains)
- They have strict rhyme scheme
- They are written in iambic pentameter (each line has five feet - sets of stressed and unstressed syllables).
