Author: Sandra Frimpong (---.asm.bellsouth.net)
Date: 05-10-04 21:44

can help me write a sonnet poem. i have no ideas about poems.

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Les



Post Edited (05-10-04 22:14)

I don't know where to start! I wanted to write a sonnet on time but don't have a clue about writing on time

If you don't have a clue about writing on time, write about something else that you do have a clue about.

Make sure you're familiar with the form of a sonnet, the rhyme scheme etc. before you begin to put your ideas on paper. The links above can help you with that.

Les

help me write a sonnet

A sonnet has 14 lines. The easiest to write is the English (or Shakespearean) sonnet. In such a sonnet there are three stanzas of four lines (= 12) and one stanza of two lines (total 14). The lines should rhyme:

abab
cdcd
efef
gg

That is to say, rhyme line one1 with line three, line two with line four (abab), and so on.

Usually they are in iambic pentameter (five beats per line: ten syllables with every second one stressed), such as:

please HELP me WRITE a SONnet WON'T you ALL

Mostly they are about love, but not absolutely required.

Here are all of those by The Bard, if you are looking for inspiration:

[www.shakespeares-sonnets.com]