A sonnet for a girl
Greetings. This is my first post on this board. I wrote this for a girl I met and am very excited about. I am willing to be open to constructive criticism. I haven't had an English class in ages, so...
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Hello, Jkube. You are alive, aren't you? I say this because I'm not a regular on this board, and the last comments I made here were directed at a poet who, unbeknown to me, had died - Peter Earsman;...
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Rob,Thank you for your reply and your criticism. I will take them into consideration. And, yes, I am, indeed, alive. As I mentioned, I haven't taken an English class (I'm a returning student, and I...
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Hello Jkube, Welcome to Sonnet Central. If you are very serious about learning the in's and out's of Sonnetry, this is the place... I find that reading, reading, reading... both the postings and the...
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You have some good comments already. I'll be brief. Try to learn iambic pentameter, get a sense of the ten syllable rhythm, with a short accent preceding a long accent:da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da...
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