The term sonnet is derived from the Provençal word sonet and the Italian word sonetto, both meaning little song. By the thirteenth century, it had come to signify a poem of fourteen lines following a strict rhyme scheme and logical structure. The conventions associated with the sonnet have changed during its history.
Traditionally, English poets usually use iambic pentameter when writing sonnets. In the Romance languages, hendecasyllable and Alexandrines are the most widely used metres.
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27 lines, on Jul 30 5:24 PM 2005. In Contemporary
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35 lines, on Aug 10 12:57 AM 2005. In Contemporary
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\One that particular day
Something was noticed off to the side25 lines, on Aug 10 9:27 PM 2005. In Society, Contemporary -
\*She sings a small tune through her maiden head
Loving the way things seem to just happen without fail27 lines, on Aug 15 10:32 AM 2005. In Contemporary -
\*Crazy I am
never said that sanity was for me23 lines, 15 comments, on Aug 17 12:02 AM 2005. In Humor, Contemporary -
24 lines, on Aug 21 1:58 PM 2005. In Contemporary
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\*Watch them wait patiently, observing something known
Obey'd with crushing silent looks15 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 24 4:40 PM 2005. In Contemporary -
16 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 24 7:03 PM 2005. In Sad, Contemporary
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14 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 24 9:41 PM 2005. In Fantasy, Contemporary
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33 lines, 17 comments, on Aug 30 2:57 PM 2005. In Humor
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\Looking to you something inside jumps with glee
Dreaming of the day when you will appear in front of me12 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 2 12:41 PM 2005. In Contemporary -
14 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 7 4:19 AM 2005. In Contemporary
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\*Dearest love, I write to thee on the day where there is no rain only you
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\*Walking on the plain
No feeling deep inside this soul34 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 11 2:02 AM 2005. In Contemporary -
\*From the days of long passes,
Throughout just watching the blue hues of sky, -
\*Whilst the love that has bloomed into something profound
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\*Insightful to the innermost of the soul
Has doth nothing ever seen before me36 lines, on Sep 23 4:13 PM 2005. In Contemporary -
\*Fighting what love has yet to show,
These blues embrace as a vise tow.17 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 27 1:06 AM 2005. In Contemporary -
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\*Over in far distant wonders, behind unfounded minds,
Stood something of society's dreamed onslaught fighters;15 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 28 10:44 PM 2005. In Contemporary -
\*Abound by virtues of catered love and dreams,
Ne'er thinking of overwhelming trapped desires26 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 20 1:14 AM 2005. In Contemporary -
\*Lying awake dreaming of those times unseen,
With fleeted thoughts of passion's marvelled bliss15 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 22 5:47 PM 2006. In Contemporary -
In times of being lost outside,
Thoughts of simplicity came near25 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 3 8:03 PM 2006. In Contemporary -
Once believed to grant voices words,
Many philosophies honed in;20 lines, 2 comments, on May 17 8:08 PM 2006. In Hope, Contemporary -
\Through bough of serpentine hued crescent nights,
A world begins anew -and silence sings by its side18 lines, 7 comments, on May 22 10:34 PM 2006. In Contemporary -
46 lines, on Jun 16 11:29 PM 2006. In Contemporary
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Her mind wandered to places of foreboding life
While thoughts of hearsay dared to be seen and/or named,28 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 8 10:56 AM 2006. In Dark, Contemporary -
For moments long passed, this pen and ink slept in
Amongst idle doors senselessly locked away-24 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 12 12:20 AM 2006. In Contemporary -
Eyes closed from quieted sounds made
And inspiration knew to trade,16 lines, 10 comments, on Oct 13 10:36 PM 2006. In Contemporary -
Written travels, bridged prayer--
Those were the words within compare20 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 15 5:11 PM 2006. In Contemporary -
Welcome back once again to another new form of poetry in which life is all about learning and this time around, I'm proud to introduce to you the Signature Sonn
- *With the look of a sonnet and rhyme schemes of the Monorhyme and Monotetra , the Mononet has the exception of only a difference is that L5 repeats itself in re
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26 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 30 9:15 PM 2007
- After a while of not being able to write anything 'concrete', I've thought it would be naturally refreshing (as well as a challenge to those who'd want to try) to try out in the land of poetry forms, may I proudly present to you the Chandler Sonnet
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15 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 19 2:00 PM 2007. In Contemporary
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