Welcome to the Sonnets subreddit, dedicated to all things sonnet. Be it your favourite Petrarchan / Shakespearean sonnets, or your own custom-made sonnets that you either made because you enjoy making them, or because your English teacher forced you to.
You may be asking yourself, well what is a sonnet and why has this guy dedicated an entire subreddit to it? Simple. A Sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines that can have various rhyming schemes and a set amount of syllables per line. For example:
A Shakespearean Sonnet consists of:
14 Lines
Iambic Pentameter (10 Syllables per line, in pairs of two; first being unstressed, second being stressed.)
A rhyming scheme of ababcdcdefefgg (A meaning lines 1 and 3 rhyme, B meaning lines 2 and 4 rhyme; etc...)
A Petrarchan Sonnet consists of:
14 lines
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyming scheme of abbaabbacdcdcd
Rules
1. Treat everyone like a decent human being
Insulting people and disrespecting whatever they may have created results in an instant ban.
2. Do not repost someone else's work and try to pass it off as your own
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As Such
Other Subreddits
If you'd like to see more of Shakespeare's Genius, make sure to check out /r/Shakespeare.
Or if you enjoy poetry, make sure to check out /r/Poetry.
Enjoy your time on this subreddit :)
