Well, Stephen, as a rule, hand tools are pretty self-explanatory. But this one stumped me, so I went to http://www.stanleyworks.com to see if they addressed this issue. Sure enough, youâre not alone in wanting to know the answer to this question, as its inclusion in the FAQ section indicates.
Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables. The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet.nly three of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets do not conform to this structure: Sonnet 99, which has 15 lines; Sonnet 126, which has 12 lines; and Sonnet 145, which is written in iambic tetrameter.
The change in tone between the  octave and the sestet is called a turn, or a volta..       The Shakespearean (also called an  English) sonnet is composed of four  quatrains (of four lines each) and a concluding couplet  (two lines). The rhyme scheme is as follows: abab cdcd efef  gg. Each quatrain serves to develop an element or a facet  of the problem.    For example, a sonnet about the transience of beauty might have one  quatrain about the beloved's charms, one comparing her to the  seasons, and one about how she will eventually die.