Learning to Write a Sonnet
The sonnet form is old and full of dust
And yet I want to learn to write one well.
To learn new forms and grow is quite a must,
But I will learn it quickly, I can tell.
So I sit today, with pen in hand,
Composing three new quatrains with a rhyme.
The rhythm flows like wind at my command.
The A-B-A-B form consumes my time.
But I am not done until there's fourteen lines.
One ending couplet, after three quatrains.
I've tried to write this new form several times.
The effort's huge; I have to rack my brain.
But I persist, my fourteen lines now done.
I wrote my poem; my sonnet work is won.
~Denise Rodgers
I found this sonnet while I was researching others. I found a lot of humor in it, as it is exactly how I feel when composing my own work. So I decided to share with all of you. Enjoy!
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That is true about a sonnet it's hard to write one even if you really try. There's no guarantee you'll write 14 lines. Thanks for sharing this it made me laugh
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for this post. This is exactly how I felt when I was writing mine and then had it pointed out in class that I cannot count... :-S
ReplyDeleteI will be going back to the drawing board with my sonnet in yet another attempt to make it right. Again, love this sonnet.