Read well the author guidance here beside;
It shall enhance your time at this fair trade.
Be not averse to these constraints. Abide
By every one. Of these are sonnets made.

The meter is important; rhyme as well.
Without them, all sonnet-ness falls away.
Harsh comments might descend, a tale to tell
Of misstepp'd rhythm, mangled syncopé.

But fear not, stout adventurers. Take heart!
For as with any skill, this can be learned.
Count well your syllables; pick them apart.
The end result will be kudos well earned.

So screw your courage to the sticking place,
And venture forth, the sonnet world to face.

(The topic of the next sonnet shall be: The grizzled writer) 

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Author guidance for This poem

In this endeavour, I would wish to see
What wonders other sonnetteers might bring.
I've loved this form as long as I've been me,
And find their writing quite a wondrous thing.

Four quatrains and one couplet must there be
In each new entry. Hold this structure fast.
Likewise the rhyming's specificity:
First line with third, the second with the last.

And when at last your rhyming couplet flees
Your fingertips and punctuates your piece,
Add one more line, in fair parentheses,
To name the topic of the next release.

The challenge is afoot! Step forth who dare.
The comments shall be nitpicky, but fair.

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Note: Please use iambic pentameter:

da-DA-da-DA-da-DA-da-DA-da-DA

e.g. "A sonnet's meter kinda goes like this."

Thanks for indulging my nitpickiness.

(Geez, that last sentence was iambic pentameter, and I didn't even try. Holy Freholy!!)

updated Jun 17 '11 by Faltarego