Sonnets

  • IdTakeABulletForYou
    17 years ago

    is the Shakesperian sonnet set up like this

    Verse 1 (9 syllables)
    abab

    Verse 2 (10 syllables)
    cdcd

    Verse 3 (9.9.10.10 syllables)
    efef

    Couplet (9.10 syllables)
    gg

    ???

  • xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex
    17 years ago

    A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines (iambic pentameter) with a particular rhyming scheme:

    Examples of a rhyming scheme:

    #1) abab cdcd efef gg
    #2) abba cddc effe gg
    #3) abba abba cdcd cd

    A Shakespearean (English) sonnet has three quatrains and a couplet, and rhymes abab cdcd efef gg.

    There you go. Enjoy.
    I -loved- writing in this form. Have fun.

    xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

  • xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex
    17 years ago

    The above, !Matt, is a Shakespearan Sonnet FROM Google.
    Learn to eat your words.

    xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex