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How to Write a Sonnet Correctly

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Write a Sonnet Correctly
Write a Sonnet Correctly
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How to correctly write a sonnet.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Pen/Pencil
  • Paper
  1. Step 1

    Sonnets we're invented by an Italian poet by the name of Glacomo da Lentino. The most popular sonnets are Italian and English, which is also known as Shakespearean.

    Sonnets have a fixed form of 10 lines with 14 syllables each.
    It is also written in iambic pentameter. Which flows much like the rhythm of natural speech.

  2. Step 2

    The rhyme scheme is ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG.

    This means that the last word of the first line has to rhyme with the last letter of the third line, and the the last letter of the second line has to rhyme with the last letter of the fourth line.

    GG means that the last letters of both lines will rhyme with each other.
    The message of the sonnet is summed up in those last two lines.

  3. Step 3

    There are two parts to a sonnet; three quatrains (4 lines in 3 sections) and an ending couplet (2 lines)

    This is how you correctly write a sonnet.

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