The Sonnet Sonnet
Instructions on How to Write a Sonnet in Sonnet Form
Write the first four lines, quatrain is the word.
Iambic pentameter is the scheme.
The first line written should rhyme with the third.
Second and fourth will be made to rhyme too.
Quatrains two and three will follow the same
Expand on the thesis, that's what to do,
until the third where a twist is your aim.
Then you should turn the sonnet on its end
Peripeteia, a critical twist
before the last rhyming couplet is penned,
that summarizes and concludes the list.
With these tools you can now write a sonnet.
So sharpen your pencils and get on it!
I was thinking about the scheme to sonnets and referred to a sonnet "cheat sheet" I wrote for myself long ago. It looks something like this:
rhymes
a
b - exposition of the main theme or metaphor
a
b
c
d - an extension of the main theme, sometimes an example
c
d
e - the peripeteia
f
e
f
g - the summarizing couplet
g
So I thought it might be fun to put the "rules" for writing a sonnet into a close approximation of sonnet form.
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6 Comments
Post a CommentVery clever way of showing how to write a sonnet!
clever reference!
Clever! There is, as you may already know, a second accepted Shakespearian sonnet rhyme scheme. It is: abba, cddc, effe, gg. You can double your fun! .... or, if you like, check out an example of it at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/725221/depression_an_unlikely_sonnet.html
Respectfully,
David
Clever! There is a second accepted Shakespearian sonnet rhyme scheme.... Goes like this: abba, cddc, effe, gg. You can double your fun! For an example, you might take a look over at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/725221/depression_an_unlikely_sonnet.html
Respectfully, David
Thank you for an excelent job cleverly executed!
This is great...for someone like me who has never studied poetry much, this is a great tool...I may actually try this one day. lol.