Open Source Sonnets
Keywords
sonnet writing, poetry, sonnet form
Abstract
Are you writing a sonnet -- maybe for a class, or just for fun? Here's a guide for you.
My name is Gideon Burton and I have written thousands of sonnets -- and helped untold numbers of students compose their own. I've taught the history of the sonnet form, and frankly, I just love this form of poetry. Some do not. Some people HATE sonnets. I get it. They are hard. They have rules. Bad ones are painful to read. Good ones can be tough to compose. Hopefully this will take the sting out if it just a bit and maybe get you on the road to something of which you can be proud.
Original Publication Citation
Open Source Sonnets (poetry blog, 2010-present, 385 sonnets, opensourcesonnets.blogspot.com)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Burton, Gideon, "Open Source Sonnets" (2016). Faculty Publications. 9697.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9697
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
English
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