Imposing the thematic sequence of a Petrarchan sonnet in a more formal pattern, Shakespeare uses the first and second quatrain to build on an argument and then concludes this by the final couplet. ... Shakespeare has used this type of unconventional writing in many of his poems, further supporting the argument that this is his interpretation of the sonnet. ... In comparison to Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning adopts the Petrarchan style of sonnet writing in its entirety within her poem "Sonnet 43" in terms of both form and content, choosing to follow its conventions. ... However unlike ...

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