How to Write a Sonnet 3 Easy Ways to Follow

How to Write a Sonnet | 3 Easy Ways to Follow
If you're aware of a sonnet and want to know how to write a sonnet, you can follow these three ways.

But before knowing the ways, let's first know what a sonnet is?

A Sonnet is a 14 lines poetry written in Iambic Pentameter.
There are two main types of sonnets:- Shakespearean Sonnet and Petrarchan Sonnet

How to Write a #ShakespeareanSonnet?
1 Follow the Shakespearean rhyming scheme, which is 'ABABCDCDEFEFGG.'

2 Use an Iambic Pentameter, which has five poetic feet making a ten-syllable rhythm

E.g.:- ta-TUM ta-TUM ta-TUM ta-TUM ta-TUM (unstressed followed by stressed)

3 Vary the meter from time to time to make the poem interesting to read

4 Choose your subject matter wisely and #startwriting the sonnet

How to Write a Petrarchan Sonnet?
1 Follow the Petrarchan rhyming scheme, which is CDCDCD, CDDCDC, CDECDE, CDECED, and CDCEDC

2 Use an Iambic Pentameter

E.g.:- ta-TUM ta-TUM ta-TUM ta-TUM ta-TUM (unstressed followed by stressed)

3 Vary the structure by using an eight-line octave and a six-line sestet to develop the poem's subject

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