How to sonnet in fourteen easy steps
\nby cricketjeff on January 13, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nThis is the classic English sonnet form
\nYou must put five diDUMS on ev’ry line
\nIn Shakespeare’s time such writing was the norm
\nHis sonnets are much prettier than mine<\/p>\n
Lines five to eight continue with the theme
\nDevelopment is what this part is called
\nBy now it should be sounding quite supreme
\nAt ugly lines the critics are appalled<\/p>\n
A “volta” makes you look the other way
\nlines nine to twelve should see the other side
\nYou try to find a pretty way to say
\nThe things the first eight lines had tried to hide<\/p>\n
A couplet ends your sonnet on a high
\nSo take a bow and kiss your fans goodbye!<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nAn example of how to write a Shakespearian sonnet.<\/p>\n
Give it a try they are very satisfying!!!<\/p>\n
14 ten syllable lines in iambic pentameter, this means with alternating light
\nand heavy stresses like this …<\/p>\n
this IS | the CLASS | ic ENG | lish SON | net FORM
\nyou MUST | put FIVE | diDUMS | on EV | ry LINE
\nin SHAKE | speare’s TIME | such WRIT | ing WAS | the NORM
\nhis SON | nets ARE | much PRE | ttiER | than MINE<\/p>\n
Some syllables in English are always louder than others, with practice you will
\nhear these patterns naturally and find it easy to get the right, just say it
\nout loud, and LISTEN!!!<\/p>\n
Rhyme each set of four lines abab that is the first and third lines rhyme, so
\ndo the second and fourth. Then 5 and 7, 6 and 8 etc. you end with lines 13 and
\n14 rhyming and this is called the couplet.<\/p>\n
The third stanza, from line 9, traditionally contains a volta (Italian for
\nabout face) where you state a different point of view and the couplet sums
\nthings up.<\/p>\n
Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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