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  • @JosieAlfordPoet
    @JosieAlfordPoet  Год назад

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  • @varisbloodarrow
    @varisbloodarrow 5 лет назад +90

    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.
    And 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’m 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.

    • @azuiki5108
      @azuiki5108 3 года назад +1

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    • @notaclay4090
      @notaclay4090 3 года назад +4

      @@azuiki5108 r u a robot?

    • @babyvroh365
      @babyvroh365 2 года назад +4

      dawg this sonnet unironically explained to me how to write a sonnet. thanks for that phil!

    • @orionalexandersummers
      @orionalexandersummers 2 года назад +1

      I love this!

    • @Serendip98
      @Serendip98 11 месяцев назад

      Vincent Voiture (1597-1648) wrote something similar - in French - about writing a 'rondeau' (another poetic form).

  • @Brookegames21
    @Brookegames21 4 года назад +57

    I have to write one today for my english class.. I'm so lost and I'm scared I'm going to fail

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  4 года назад +11

      Hey! Don't be scared of sonnets, they're alright really. If you want to I can look over it for you!

    • @Brookegames21
      @Brookegames21 4 года назад +4

      @@JosieAlfordPoet I think I'll be okay. But thank you so much for offering to look it over.

    • @retr0julian516
      @retr0julian516 3 года назад +3

      me too😫😫

    • @reselleregis8337
      @reselleregis8337 3 года назад +1

      Sameeeeee

    • @Brookegames21
      @Brookegames21 3 года назад +4

      @@reselleregis8337 oh my gosh I can't believe that was already 8 months ago ;w; jeez I'm going to graduate before I know it.

  • @angiegb2864
    @angiegb2864 4 года назад +7

    I love how raw, honest, and beautiful you are! I loved your sonnet! Thank you for sharing it with us!

  • @cal3550
    @cal3550 4 года назад +9

    Thanks, I really needed to know how to write one of these, and now I do!

  • @carissadrum1364
    @carissadrum1364 3 года назад +40

    Lmao not me looking thru the comments for someone to write a sonnet i can use for *inspiration* for english

  • @a.henderson9559
    @a.henderson9559 3 года назад +20

    I'm not doing this for school or anything, I just want to write a Sonnet poem.

    • @teateakira5971
      @teateakira5971 3 года назад +5

      I wish I could be like that but I’m here because I don’t want to fail school

  • @ColinSandberg
    @ColinSandberg 9 месяцев назад

    Josie! I have benefited from your form videos. Today I wrote my first sonnet after months of trying to write in iambic pentameter. This is not a perfect sonnet, but it is purposely imperfect-- therefore perfectly imperfect :) I'm so proud of it and myself that I feel now that I'm indeed a poet. Thanks for your influence and your tips, they've culminated with other lessons that have resulted in this: my first sonnet:
    Sonnet I: My Inauguration
    In isolation, I wrote some “poetry” -
    an inner surge of pathos. Rhyming cringe
    ideas wrought from immaturity
    atop Mt. Dunning-Kruger. In pride, I’d binge
    my couplets meter-sans, cliched, and false
    inspired. Ignoring form, ignoring close
    enjoyment of other poets of whom I was
    not among- disconnected so.
    -But now, being haunted by the hand of Keats;
    and tortured by the tulips with Ms. Plath;
    and ribboned by Milton’s iambic feat;
    and taught of Emily - to tell it slant;
    With this heroic couplet, I now claim
    Today, through sonnet form, a poet's name.

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  8 месяцев назад +1

      Woweee! Thank you so much for sharing - well done!

  • @KLOVES2
    @KLOVES2 Год назад +1

    LOVED THIS THANKS FOR SHARING I've been writing poems my whole life and I don't know the depths of writing as far as the poetry terms ect I just found a love in writing but I am a person who has just kept it to myself pretty much. I have a strong love for writing and am just ready to see where I can go with it I believe I am a great writer im just shy so it's held me back alot..hopefully with watching more of your videos the more I learn than I will to be an even greater writer thanks for being so real and to the point and helping others as well I love your energy and keep up the great work your poem was really good! 😉

  • @notaclay4090
    @notaclay4090 3 года назад +5

    Me:Has ideas
    My brain:~stops functioning~

  • @praisline697
    @praisline697 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for ur wonderful explanation, very useful... ur sonnet was awesome... ur so cute and gorgeous

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  3 года назад +2

      Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the video

  • @a.f.m.4134
    @a.f.m.4134 Год назад

    I think that your tutorials are some of the best I’ve seen on the internet. Excited to keep following your work!

  • @thegameguy5886
    @thegameguy5886 3 года назад +3

    Feels like falling forward

  • @estephan255
    @estephan255 3 года назад +3

    I have to do a sonnet poem for my class because It due and my teacher is trying to explain it and he's horrible at showing us how to make on so thank you for helping us.!

  • @bobbiebrotherton9673
    @bobbiebrotherton9673 2 года назад

    In process of writing my first sonnet, also about a cat who doesn't love me back. Brilliant video, thanks

  • @philipsutton9078
    @philipsutton9078 Год назад

    Hi Josie. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I loved the word maps! I think it’s really
    gutsy of you to read your sonnet to the world at large. I think I can tell you’re not happy with it and I believe I know why.
    As you explained to us you can play around with the structural format of the sonnet but I think that you have to respect the emotional format. Humour and being tongue in cheek, to my mind, don’t work. So, go deep or go home. Sonnets work, in my opinion, when they have drama, passion and emotions, even grief. All the best!

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  Год назад

      Interesting take on emotions in a sonnet - I'm not sure I agree that they have to be deep though. I think my sonnet is bad for a myriad of other reasons - perhaps I should try re-writing it with a new perspective

    • @SoulshineBnB
      @SoulshineBnB 7 месяцев назад

      I am no poet, but I love the humour. thanks@@JosieAlfordPoet

  • @oliviaalexander2886
    @oliviaalexander2886 4 года назад +10

    i have to write a sonnet for english about love or nature and i literally have no clue where to start

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  4 года назад +3

      Pick love or nature (or love of nature) and do a mind map to collect all your ideas and then try - it helps to organise your thoughts

  • @bit-mn6pw
    @bit-mn6pw 3 года назад +4

    It’s 11:24 pm and due at class time in the morning 😀 aka 7:55 am 🥲

  • @SoulshineBnB
    @SoulshineBnB 7 месяцев назад

    Hi, thank you for the video. I am new to this, I am trying to count all the syllables you have used and trying to map that to iambic pentameter. Did you stick to the 10 syllables per line. It would be good to see it mapped out. Great video and sonnet.

  • @samanthamansi1184
    @samanthamansi1184 3 года назад +2

    Thanks I have to do one for uni eek not looking forward to it!

  • @virgilbrown7243
    @virgilbrown7243 2 года назад

    Nice

  • @JosieAlfordPoet
    @JosieAlfordPoet  2 года назад

    Hey Poetry Pals! The Poetry Festival I work for is putting on an online event all about sonnets - join me, won't you?
    21st Century Sonnets | Terrance Hayes + Guests
    Buy Tickets: www.lyrafest.com/#events/e72153
    Date: Saturday 2nd April 2022
    Time: 15:30
    Tickets: From £5.00
    Venue: ONLINE - Zoom

  • @kevin-u7719
    @kevin-u7719 3 года назад

    You are so amazing

  • @officiallytrae5016
    @officiallytrae5016 3 года назад +1

    I need one on earth day

  • @alissiaadorni9669
    @alissiaadorni9669 3 года назад +2

    Hey there could you Please write a short poem in Iambic Pentameter. Your poem must be at least 4 lines long ( you can go longer if you want to) and show the scansion.for my English class I’m very lost

  • @a3th3rzzz
    @a3th3rzzz 3 года назад +1

    i have to write one for my literature class and i am very bad at poetry lol

  • @Cheerio2f662
    @Cheerio2f662 Год назад

    😊

  • @tralierman9129
    @tralierman9129 3 года назад +1

    same

  • @menace2societyblackaf123
    @menace2societyblackaf123 3 года назад +4

    Can somebody write me a sonnet in the comment section?? loll

    • @saltysailor6094
      @saltysailor6094 3 года назад +1

      LMAO SAME

    • @Mikey-vy3og
      @Mikey-vy3og 3 года назад +1

      I have to do this for school I hate this

    • @vullqve
      @vullqve 2 года назад

      same idk what to write and it's due in 4 hours

  • @drsobiasohail4876
    @drsobiasohail4876 3 года назад +2

    I can't write a sonnet... Can u please write one for me, I'd really appreciate it

  • @gabriellepagkaliwangan
    @gabriellepagkaliwangan 3 года назад +1

    I have to write sonnet about love and I don't know how to do it, I'm scared that I might get a low score

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  3 года назад +1

      Don't panic! Take it one step at a time, mind map what particularly about love you want to write about, use a rhyming dictionary and you'll be fine

    • @gabriellepagkaliwangan
      @gabriellepagkaliwangan 3 года назад +1

      @@JosieAlfordPoet thank you!💗

  • @krishiii2482
    @krishiii2482 2 года назад

    I need to create one rn and I’m sobbing bcs idk how to

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  2 года назад

      It's going to be okay! Focus on the rhyme scheme, make sure the syllables are roughly right and don't over think it. You've got this.

  • @ealakun5808
    @ealakun5808 3 года назад +4

    I really can't identify the stressed and unstressed syllables...

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  3 года назад +2

      It is hard to get the hang of. Should I make a video going into it in more detail?

    • @ealakun5808
      @ealakun5808 3 года назад +1

      @@JosieAlfordPoet yes, pleaseee. If it's okay with you.

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  3 года назад

      I will add it to the list! Got a couple videos in the works all ready

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  3 года назад

      But will let you know when I've done it

    • @ealakun5808
      @ealakun5808 3 года назад

      @@JosieAlfordPoet okay. Thank youuuuuuu!!

  • @arlothecripple5903
    @arlothecripple5903 3 года назад

    help me with my sonnet

  • @omaretulle7905
    @omaretulle7905 4 года назад +1

    can i have a copy of your sonnet for my homework? plsaa

  • @RahulSingh-zj8oy
    @RahulSingh-zj8oy 3 года назад

    I have to write sonnet on vigilant india prosperous india

  • @aymanal-naimi4389
    @aymanal-naimi4389 3 года назад

    Can anyone help me. I need Sonnet's poem. Not to be on the Internet, someone wrote it

    • @JosieAlfordPoet
      @JosieAlfordPoet  3 года назад

      What sonnet are you looking for?

    • @erdua_
      @erdua_ 3 года назад

      same, im looking for someone who wrote a simple sonnet just gon use it for a lil bit lolol

    • @karinabriseno6032
      @karinabriseno6032 2 года назад

      A sonnet with Volta 😭