How to Write a Sonnet - Write your own Shakespearean sonnet
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Learn how to write a sonnet so you can pen your own Shakespearean style sonnet. We break down the elements that make up a sonnet and some tips to write your own.
In this video we talk about the elements you need to think about when writing a sonnet of your own and include a short break down of sonnet 18 as an example.
2 free tools - a sonnet:
I mentioned at the start some tools to use
That you can find online to help you through
They are both free and they can help you choose
Words that will help you write a sonnet too
The first rhymezone which lives up to its name
It helps you find a rhyme for any word
Something so simple can help change the game
And make the fear of writing seem absurd
The second simply thesaurus.com
This helps extend my vocabulary
Anytime I think a word will bomb
I use this and it makes me feel less wary
Don’t just rely on these two tools of course
Imagination is the driving force.
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To write a sonnet, let your heart engage,
In fourteen lines, your thoughts upon the page,
With structured rhyme and meter, it shall flow,
A timeless form, where poets often go.
Begin with themes that stir your soul's desire,
A love, a hope, a dream that sets on fire,
Or ponder life's complexities and woe,
In sonnet's frame, your feelings freely show.
Choose rhyme scheme wisely, A-B-A-B,
Or Petrarchan style, more complex to see,
With octave and sestet, two parts unfold,
In sonnet's dance, their tales to be told.
And in the end, the couplet, it shall bind,
A twist, a resolution, in your lines you'll find,
So write with passion, let your verses soar,
In sonnet's embrace, your art to explore.
That's great. Thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful
*ANGER AND LOVE*
In passion tempest, love and anger clash
Their dance, a wild tango of fire and Ice
Two forces warning, yet entwined they lash
A paradox that leaves the heart unsliced
Anger, a tempest with it's thunderous rush
It's lighting strikes igniting wounded pride
Yet deep within it's flames a longing year
A desperate plea for love not to subside
And love, the gentle rain that soothes the burn
His tender touch, a balm for wounded souls
Forgiveness blooms when anger flames Adjorn
A fragile bridge across tumultuous shoals
So let them coexist,the fierce extreme
For love,in Anger's crucible reedems
This video is super duper helpful.
I love your sonnet in the description box. It’s truly helpful for me as a beginner, because the language is more relatable.
Thank you very much.🙏🏽🌸
Hay Gabi, Thanks so much for that feedback. I am so pleased to hear it was helpful for you. Feel free to pop back and share some of your work some time :)
This looks terrific! Love the clear instructions and explanations. (Hadn’t heard that alliteration could refer to vowel sounds - thought this was assonance.) Thank you!
Hey Katie, thanks so much. You are correct - it is assonance. I figured in this though it was easier to lump them together for ease of concept for the beginner. :)
Thank you for this video. I've taken Shakespeare in high school and college. This brings back good memories. ☺
Wet Paint Contemporary great to hear.
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This video was immensely helpful. Never thought I would ever understand Shakespeare this video. Thank you 🙏🏽
You are so very welcome. Thanks for the comment to let me know :)
Excellent! Thank you sire for your helpful tips, i was now clarified and understand a little on how to write a sonnet.
My pleasure, thanks for watching
Thank you very much, I found this very helpful. I was over complicating the structure and this video simplified things.
Pleased to hear it. Thank you!
Excellent video that dissects the sonnet and provides useful advice on writing them! Many thanks!
So pleased you found it useful. Are you writing sonnets yourself at the moment?
@@SmallCrownProductions I am trying my hand with poetry.
@@hmq2007 oh wonderful!! love to see some when you are ready to share!!
Thank you! As writing a sonnet for the first time, this really helps.
Oh thanks for letting me know. so pleased to hear it. Thank you :)
Oh my goodness, thank you so so much! This really helps me save time. I'm writing a sonnet for my project, and i'm sure that your videos are one of those guides that will make it a great one. Thank you!
Wonderful, thanks so much for letting me know.
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You're welcome. I just finished it a few days ago and I'm pretty proud of it. Thank you!
@@hannahsiega5095 would love to read it if you are happy to share.
Thank you! This helped me so much!
My absolute pleasure. Thanks for letting me know.
Thanks
You did better that my ELA teacher thank you for the clear explanation
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🤏right?
my pleasure. thanks :)
I can see where this video would help students. Well done
Glowing Older and Healthier thanks so much :)
Well done 👏🏼
Thank you :)
Keep going sir !!
Thank you :) Your wish is my command ❤
this is a very good video it helped me a lot in my poem
Wonderful, thanks for letting me know. :)
The end is not the only time to rhyme
Just take a break from that for pity's sake
A mid-line rhyme is also quite sublime
so shake it up, when you a sonnet make
I made some sonnet because I got inspired, but when I tried to read it out loud it just doesn't sound right, and when you explained the Iambic pentameter I was like "that's it, that's the one I so not have on my sonnet"
Thank you for the precise explanation. I'm on my way to redo two sonnets that I made
Amazing, Thank you for sharing!!
thank you for this
My absolute pleasure :)
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I can't help but to think....
"The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain." with a Cockney accent.
I hope my sonnet goes better, than poor Eliza Doolittle.
I'm actually trying to write a sonnet for a crochet dragon In making for my public library. The stuffed dragon will be named Sonnet.
They have a large one named Fable and he needs a friend.
I teach crochet classes and I am making the second dragon in crochet because the first one is knitted. (There is a huge difference between knitting and crochet, ask any yarn enthusiast.)
The crochet is the easy part. A sonnet about Sonnet is the challenge.
They use the toys to help children read. Kids like to read to big stuffed animals.
Just wrote a Shakespearean sonnet to my crush, let’s see how it’s going to turn out
all the best
TWINNNMMMN😭😭
Right
Give me some time let me write a sonnet. I am nominative English learner from India wanna be a poet. Thanks for the video. I am a subscriber.
Thank you my poetry master for this amazing video
My absolute pleasure. Glad you found it useful.
You should write an elegy.
Why 11th and 12th lines have 11 syllables? I have been seeing them in other poems too ...
(in the description)
Sir,, can I use hexameter in Shakespearen sonnet. Plz answer me!
Technically no. Shakespeare’s are pentameter.
You could write a sonnet in hexameter but it would likely not be considered Shakespearean.
@@SmallCrownProductions thanks sir ,, i was waiting for your answer.
Psst! Second quatrain, fourth line, your surd seems to have lost its ab.
Also, hi from Innilgard
Haha thanks for the pick up. Now fixed.
And hi back at ya :)
isn’t the vowel alliteration called assonance?
It absolutely is. I did slip up by not mentioning that.
Soooo??
Covered by papers;
stitched by a pen
Poets or writers
Women and men
Staring all night
Looking at stars, inspiring by moon
Waiting for any light
May be later or soon
Poor pen :" I'm bothered"
Extrait from life's book
poor pen was suffered
Pleasing us to took
head is heavy by thoughts
It isn't our faults
Did you think of this yourself?
I don't know if you're still replying to comments, but does every line have to be comprised of exactly ten words?
Hi, the line only needs to have ten Syllables. It doesn't matter how many words. :)
Can anyone write the poem like Shakespeare
He really is the best :)
Can you write me a sonnet pls? about birds
or anything I just need a sonnet
I take commissions :) What do you need it for? (And sorry for the delayed response - I thought I had posted a reply but clearly not!)
@@SmallCrownProductions I need it for school
@@songlyrics2155 Ah, are you supposed to write it?
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hahahha
Great info, graphics and delivery... other than the flipping awful music. I had to turn off half way through so I never got to your comments about writing - the reason I started watching.
Thanks for the feedback. Sorry you couldn't get through it. Noted about the music.
@SmallCrownProductions honestly I didn't even notice the music until that guy pointed it out. even now that i noticed, it still doesn't bother as much. But everyone is diff yk.
Iambic Pentameter... The horror... 😅