If anyone should feel inclined to try
to write a sonnet, I will understand
that first you may feel diffident and shy.
Pick up your pen and let me guide your hand.
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I admire such as yourself who write so beautifully in this genre I do not and cannot and have not for forty years.I enjoyed you rrhyme as it is so effortless and uncontrived. Thankyou for the opportunity
I like that a lot and it is a great way to explain a sonnet. I wish more people had a try at different verse forms, it can be fun and a challenge.
Ah, the wonderful Sonnet - what would we do without it. A great example Thomas, good one.
A very good lesson on sonnet writing. My book of Shakespeares sonnets shows each line starting with capital letters. Is that the proper way? Either way, just plain good.I just posted a new one on my 89 birthday-please read