My sister wants an example of a Sonnet. I’ve never written one.
So, someone write one. Hehe.
BTW, she’s 15. Nothing dirty, ple-aze.
Yeah . . . but she doesn’t want a Shakespearean sonnet. Don’t ask me, my sister is crazy. She wants an example of a modern-day sonnet so she can figure how to write one for class.
Here is an example of a sonnet,
Iambic, rhyming A B B and A
Here in the octave (but the sextet may
Rhyme differently–soon you’ll know more of it).
If you wish to cogitate upon it,
You’ll find the octave goes a certain way,
Presents a thought. If you the rules obey,
You’ll find the sextet takes a little twist.
I’ll rhyme this section C D E, et cet.,
Because I am a modern sort of girl.
The sextet shifts the thought on what’s begun.
Yeah, I can write a sonnet. Want to bet
It’s possibly the worst one in the world?
–But still a sonnet. Animist, it’s done.
LOL They should teach that in schools. I’d’ve remembered how they were structured if it was taught to me in sonnet form.
If it’s a modern sonnet she wants, she can rhyme it pretty much how she pleases. The modern rules are:
*14 lines of 10 syllables each
*More or less an iambic foot (buh-BUH)
*Maybe a shift in topic or perspective partway through
*Lines rhyme: Often ABAB CDCD EFEF GG or ABAB CDCD EFG EFG
Me, I like ABCDEFG GFEDCBA, but I’m a troublemaker.
Is your sister sure she doesn’t want to write a sestina or a villanelle instead?
Thanks. Actually, the first line isn’t iambic, but what are they going to do, send the meter police?
She has to write a Sonnet for school. And now she has one, so all is right with the world.
Life is good.