Oy.

So we're writing sonnets in writer's craft.
SONNETS.
Anyone know what a sonnet is?
i'll explain it.
A sonnet is, like, the most exacting poetry form known to man.
Made famous by shexpur.
It has exactly fourteen lines; these are arranged into one group of 8 and one group of 6. The rhyme scheme is EITHER ABBA OR ABAB, for the first four lines, then repeat using different rhymes so CDDC OR CDCD. You do this again for the next four lines, so EFFE OR EFEF, (you have to keep the same rhyme scheme all the way through) and THEN you need a rhyming couplet - and not just any rhyming couplet, this is like the punchline of the whole thing. The flourish. The final touch.
And the rhythm. It's in iambic pentameter (again, made famous by shexpur) which MEANS short-looong short-looong, and you need five of them per line.
So.
short-looong/short-looong/short-loooong/short-looong/short-looong.
You have to align the emphasis of the syllables of the words you use so that it comes out to that.
And after all that, it still has to be deeply profound and use vivid imagery.
And say something.
It is EXACTLY as hard as it sounds.
But it's not that bad =) it's like any rhyme scheme, any rhythm scheme.
You can't freak out trying to think of three-syllable words with the emphasis on the second syllable that are synonyms for clouds, that can be followed by one-syllable words with no emphasis that are synonyms for anger, that rhyme with water.
Just write.
And it falls into place with a few tweaks.
Except my subject matter is so trite >< but it's just my first try!
i love sonnets. They're so cool. No matter what i write it comes off all romantic.
even when it is le crappy.
toria =)