Proper Sonnet
Hi everyone! I found this site and these forums while looking for advice on how to write sonnets, seeing as that was an assignment I received in class. Let's say that I have struggled more than I...
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Latomike,Nonsense! This was quite hilarious, and I've got a surprise for you. In every not-sonnet there's an is-sonnet struggling to emerge. Here's yours:I simply cannot find ten syllablesto make my...
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Hi, Michael!Let me first say that I admire your attempt at writing a serviceable sonnet. One part I particularly liked was"For countless hours I have triedTo fit my thoughts into this puzzleAnd from...
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HiI got a kick out of your poem - could totally relate! I just love to read pentameter, it's so dignified and flowing.... but my dang brain tends to think in singsong tetrameter! Where to eek those...
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I can not find ten syllables this timeTo make my sonnet flow and nicely rhymeThough I've approached it from all known anglesI have done naught but waste my time, it danglesThe number eight is all the...
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Wow! Wasn't expecting that many fast responses! Thanks to all of you who replied. I'll see what my teacher thinks of my almost-sonnet when he gives it back, but I'll bring him the two "modified"...
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