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Funny Sonnet Poems. What are Funny Sonnet Poems? Simply put, a sonnet is a poem (funny or otherwise) made up of three quatrains (in iambic pentameter) followed by a concluding couplet. A quatrain is four lines of verse with an A-B-A-B rhyme scheme.
Ready to print and distribute to your class right away—also includes translations! Here are sixteen of the most well-known and easy-to-understand sonnets. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets in all, but this collection focuses on the ones that are most accessible to student actors.
Silly Sonnets. Many people are scared off from writing sonnets, because they associate them with Shakespeare and other poetic giants, but it’s just a tool, like a jar of pepper or a bolt of linen. You can make something wonderful, or you can make someone sneeze.
In this lesson, we will look at the history of the sonnet form. We will also start to look at the structure of a sonnet in preparation for the next lesson on the features of a Shakespearean sonnet.
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In this lesson, we will explore the key features of a Shakespearean sonnet, such as iambic pentameter, and discover one of Shakespeare's greatest sonnets, 'Sonnet 18'.
How to Write a Sonnet. A Poetry-Writing Lesson for Kids. The sonnet is one of the most common traditional poetic forms. They have been written for hundreds of years with some of the most well-known sonnets written by William Shakespeare.
