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Sonnet writing is easier when you understand what a sonnet is!.

Although there are various types of sonnets, these poems have common characteristics!.

Let us focus on the five things that most sonnets have in common:

1!. They are written in iambic pentameter!.
2!. They are fourteen lines long!.
3!. They have a set rhyme scheme!.
4!. They have a turn or “Volta!.”
5!. They all bear the name “sonnet!.”


iambic pentameter is!. It has an unrhymed line with 5 iambs or feet!. Iambic means the stress is on the second syllable, an example is the word good-bye!. Pentameter shows us that a line has 5 feet or clusters of two syllables adding up to 10 syllables a line!. Iambic pentameter is very difficult to write!. It will take quite sometime!.

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A sonnet is a poem containing 14 lines generally a two stanza poem an octave(8 lined stanza) above a sestet(6 lined stanzas) containing rhythm and meter!. With a rhyme scheme depending on the type of sonnet that you write either Plutarchan or Shakespearean!. Read Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese to glean more information on how to construct a sonnet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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This is an Italian sonnet, and it must have 14 lines and resemble a rectangular shape!. Here is an example:

When I consider how my light is spent (a)
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, (b)
And that one talent which death to hide, (b)
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent (a)
To serve therewith my Maker, and present (a)
My true account, lest he returning chide; (b)
"Doth God exact day-labor, light denied!?" (b)
I fondly ask; but Patience to prevent (a)
That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need (c)
Either man's work or his own gifts; who best (d)
Bear his mile yoke, they serve him best!. His state (e)
Is Kingly!. Thousands at his bidding speed (c)
And post o'er land and ocean without rest; (d)
They also serve who only stand and wait!." (e)

Like the person before me said, a sonnet must have iambic pentameter, so each line MUST have 10 syllables!. In iambic pentameter, it goes:

stressed-unstressed - stressed-unstressed - stressed-unstressed - stressed-unstressed - stressed-unstressed

As I'm sure you know, stressed syllables are ones that are much more forced, like:

when I conSIDer HOW my LIGHT is SPENT

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The rhyme scheme is like this: the letters that are the same rhyme!.!.!. a poem with an a-b-b-a rhyme scheme would be like this but more complicated because i am just making this up to explain!.!.!.!. this makes no sense its the last word of each like that matters!.!.
I can see the sky (A)
And the grass (B)
Then came to pass (B)
Like a butterfly (A)

also this site shows sonnet examples and explains:
http://www!.cranberrydesigns!.com/poetry/s!.!.!.

if you need more help, just go to google!.com and look up sonnets!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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This is a way of telling which lines are supposed to rhyme (A's rhym with A's, B's with B's, etc!.)!. To use a really simple example, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" has an AABBAA rhyme scheme (star, are, high, sky, and then star, are again)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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