Question

Does anyone know about Shakespearean sonnets? I could use help on writing one...

Answer 1

@Stefyz12 One of his sonnets is "From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thy self thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content,
And tender churl mak'st waste in sleek-feathered onerding:
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee."

Answer 2

Thank you for the reference, I need to write one for my class and I'm not sure if I'm following the structure. I know that for a Shakespearean sonnet you need to follow the iambic pentameter structure, and that's kind of what I'm having trouble with. I'm not sure if I'm following the structure correctly. Can you help me?

Answer 3

@Stefyz12 Type what you have. Also Iambic pentameter is a commonly used type of metrical line in traditional poetry and verse drama. The term describes the rhythm that the words establish in that line, which is measured in small groups of syllables called "feet".
Example 1- From Romeo and Juliet:

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
(Prologue)
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
(Act 2, Scene 2).
Example 2- From A Midsummer Night's Dream:

And I do love thee: therefore, go with me;
I'll give thee fairies to attend on thee,
And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep,
And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep;
(Act 3, Scene 1)

Answer 4

@Stefyz12 See if that helps.

Answer 5

@Stefyz12 you there?

Answer 6

yes, sorry just reading your answer

Answer 7

@Stefyz12 Its okay.

Answer 8

So far this is what have:

Oh foolish heart, thou art so iron-willed
Now encased with this new found emotion
Thou little organ thinks itself fulfilled...

(that's pretty much what I have, not sure if I'm doing it correctly)

Answer 9

@Stefyz12 Looks good to me! ;)

Answer 10

really? ;)

I wasn't sure if the second lined was following the structure because it looked like it was more than 5 "feet"

Answer 11

Okay then let your teacher proof-read it and see what she thinks. I may be wrong, after all i am one person. @Stefyz12 And if you don't mind medal me. ;)

Answer 12

I will do so, you were really helpful. Thank you very much! :D

*medals you*

Answer 13

@Stefyz12 Thanks ;) *puts on the medallion of justice* and hugs ya and wishes you a good night of sleep. Its 11:00PM EST time here.

Answer 14

Good night sleep tight, now go off to sleep! ;)

Answer 15

@Stefyz12 Night ;)