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kitkatlaangel13
kitkatlaangel13
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High School - 10th Grade

I need help.  I need to write my own sonnet.  I know the rhyming couplet, but I really don't know how to write a sonnet.

I just need hlep

the sonnet is about

My heart stopped still when he entered the room

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Posted by kitkatlaangel13 on Monday June 8, 2009 at 10:42 AM and tagged with help, sonnet, writing.

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  1. michael336 Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    You said you know the rhyme scheme  of 14 lines (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG) and it's in iambic pentameter (ta DA ta DA ta DA ta DA ta DA).

    You will have three stanzas of four lines, followed by a concluding couplet. The final couplet should be some big statement, perhaps about a future relationship or a certain final feeling. The three stanzas could be focused on what specifically about him made your heart stop, what characteristics about him attracted your attention. These can be elaborate description of his walk, his eyes, his hair, etc. Or you can focus on your own emotions for these stanzas.

    Don't forget you can do some word inversions (changing the order of the words) in order to keep the meter or rhythm correct, as well as the rhyme.

    Check out some examples of Shakespeare or Elizabeth Barrett Browning (especially Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese").

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/exemplary-sonnets
    http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/elizabethba...

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    Posted by michael336 on Monday June 8, 2009 at 11:31 AM