How I write a sonnet
\nby cricketjeff on February 24, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nWhen I take pen to write a sonnet down
\nI try to keep the meter in my head
\nOn my face I’ll often wear a frown
\nI’m concentrating on the words I’ve said<\/p>\n
I’ll always say each line in rigid feet
\nTo try to drum the rhythm in my mind
\nTo look out where I want to place each beat
\nAnd see what sort of meter I can find<\/p>\n
So now we come to where the Volta goes
\nThe place where sonnets have a change of mood
\nThis is where your second notion shows
\nLines after this have a new attitude<\/p>\n
Your couplet is the final thing you write
\nAnd then you bow to all and say goodnight<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nThis will get you a “sonnet” and is itself a sonnet. But there is unfortunately
\na bit more to it than that, you still have to get the content the emotion and
\nwork on varying the meter to fit.
\nHowever that becomes a lot easier once you have the mechanics off pat, so
\nplease, give it a go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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