I have to write a sonnet with iambic pentameter and i can't do it. I understand the theory behind it but can't arrange thoughts by syllables or evn figure out stresses most of the time.

Anyone want to help?

Yogore. I think you're rhyme scheme is off. Are you going for an English sonnet? In that case, it's A,B,A,B; C,D,C,D, E,E. And the last two lines have to contrast the rest of the poem. For example, if the first eight lines are dark and dreary, the last two lines have to show hope. Ten syllables per line; I think you've got that. If it's an Italian sonnet, the rhyme scheme is the same but there are no last two lines.

Yes, you need it to be ababcdcdefefgg. It's not quite iambic either. I think it's pentameter though.

it was pretty good though... even if it didn't follow your limits.

But that was completely wrong... Even the rhyme scheme. Luckily my teacher was out.

Shakespearian.

I have 8 lines that are alsmost Iambic Pentameter that I'm going to pass in tommorow. He said he wanted atleast 8 lines of it done. I'll probably have to do a second draft and finish it though, cause he's evil like that.

This is it:
How did I write my English sonnet now?
So troubling to do it, tell me right now.
The style, weird, to write it, I think not!
The one to write a sonnet causes pain alot.
Do I use certain Syllables per line?
A limit, tough, to leave freeverse behind.
My mind doesn't comprehend this different verse
Too much, before in my head, Reherse!

Now that I look at it, it's wicked wrong, I don't care much now though. I'm going to bed.

Do you want it Italian or Shakespearian?

Don't focus on its limitations. Write what you want and then try to condense it. Take out unnecessary words, invert word order, and change tenses. Fill in blank spaces with flavoring words or change to some similar words. Just write the poem first and worry about the meter afterwards.

DJ

Anything. I don't even care, any suggestions, any phrases. will do.

What's it going to be about?