HOW TO WRITE A SONNET
-Select a subject to write your poem about (Shakespearean sonnets are traditionally grounded as love poems).
-Write your lines in iambic pentameter (duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH.
-Write in one of various standard rhyme schemes (Shakespearean, Petrarchan, or Spenserian).
-Format the sonnet using 3 quatrains followed by 1 couplet.
-Compose your sonnet as an argument that builds up as it moves from one metaphor to the next.
-Ensure your poem is exactly 14 lines.
