Korean Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Sestet and OctaveMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aaaaaa bbbbbbbb Example Azure Blue by Jez Farmer Cast the soul adrift upon the oceanAnd let it feel the waves of emotionAdrift but safe in a lover’s devotionWhere just one kiss can cause a commotionOr as calming as a soothing lotionFor each wave …

Kindergart Klas Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abca bcab cabc dd Example Achievements by PK Roy On personal achievements everyonefeels too satisfied, nothing wrong, no sore;But, when one allows success to definewho she's, leads to misery as outcome.To feel good too much attention goes foraccomplishing bigger things and …

Kilmer’s Sonnet Notes

Created by Joyce KilmerStructure: Two quatrains and two tercetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba baab cdc dcd Example Alarm Clocks by Joyce Kilmer When Dawn strides out to wake a dewy farmAcross green fields and yellow hills of hayThe little twittering birds laugh in his wayAnd poise triumphant on his shining arm.He bears a sword of …

Kangaroo Pause Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abab ccdd efef gg Example Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers by Lawrence Eberhart Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,I ask that first you test your words alone.You’ll want to be assured your meaning’s clear.If anger stems …

Hierarchal Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbbbcc ccdddd Example In the Junk Drawer by Jez Farmer It’s that time to clear out the drawer of junkTo rummage odds and sods that did a bunkAll those things that in secret try to hideNeglected stuff aspects of me insideHidden away like the tears never criedAnd secrets …

John Milton’s Caudated Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet and two sestetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde effegg Example Duskfall by Jez Farmer The gentle lapping water echoes duskA lake shimmering bright in purple pinkWhile distant shorelines into shadows sinkAnd the air takes on the eventide’s muskAnd trees whisper as night birds start to buskTheir songs of love inspire a mate …

John Tee Sonnet Notes

Structure: QuatorzainMeter: No meter requirementSchema: ABcdefABghijAB Example Watching the Sea by Jez Farmer While sitting on the shore I watched the sea,My heart was seeking the answers of life,I saw the waves, cascading white horsesReleased to run towards the pebbled shoreEach pushing further in towards the landAnd washing sun-baked stones until they shone.While sitting on …

Harrisham Sonnet Notes

Created by Created by Harrisham MinhasStructure: 2 sestets and a coupletMeter: no restriction but should have rhythmSchema: ababab cdcdcd ee Example Sonnet to Spring by Jez Farmer Between winter and roses sunshine bloomThe birds feed and stare into heavy grey skiesIn wild patches daffodils break the gloomThe warmer days coming with breezy sighsBut still inside …

Keats’ Sonnet Notes

Created by John KeatsStructure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abc abd cab cde de Example Paper Sheet by Jez Farmer A paper sheet; untouched and lily whiteAn illusion waiting for ink to be bornOf poet’s dreams in sweet rhythm and rhymeThat voices passion for love’s own delight.The ancient nib in poet’s hand …

Kal’s First Fireburst Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abcb bcdc cded deNote: The third line in each stanza must have a feminine end-word Example Owed to Judges by Lawrence R. Eberhart Someone is tasked with being judge, of coursein any competition of the arts.Most earn the right thru their …

Jeffrey’s Sonnet Notes

Created by Scott J AlcornStructure: 2 sestets with a cross rhymed couplet (the cross rhyme is in the 2nd to 4th syllable in each of the two lines of the couplet). Also there is a cross rhyme in the first line of the 2nd sestet (between the 2nd to 4th syllable), tying the 1st sestet …

Italian Sonnet Notes

Italian Sonnet 1 Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abbaabba cdcdcd Example Cinderella’s Fetish by Jez Farmer An obsession once a cute quirkEngaging her within my desireDelicate feet dancing with fireAnd I felt all my senses jerkFor her heart I was going berserkWith love and lust on a live wireBut too soon the passions …

Heroic Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbccdd eeffgg Example Spark by Jez Farmer The darkness of depression holds my handEmbracing me here where I cannot standAnd my eyes of tears cannot see the wayTo lead me out into the light of dayThere is no place that I can go, not nowFor darkness holds me …

Gloria cum Noynoy Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M Reyes in tribute to Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba abba cddc dd Example Open the Door by Jez Farmer Seeing beyond pain to enrich the dayA hidden purpose, a reason to dreamReleasing the past in a conscious streamAnd open the door to a better …

Germanic Sonnet Caudated Notes

Structure: Octave, sestet, and three tripletsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abbabccb cddcdd dee dff dgg Example Charlie’s Gone by Jez Farmer Recalling that night, the first time we metToo blind to see the harm in front of meBelieving you had come to set me freeBy numbing pain and making me forgetSelling my soul, I didn’t …

Glorionic Sonnet Notes

Created by Gloria MartinStructure: Octet and a sestetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbbccc ddedee. Example Black Rose Petals by Jez Farmer As I lay the black roses on your graveI no longer feel I am strong and braveAs winds blows emptiness again todayIt feels like living is so far awayAnd my tears fall where the dark …

Japanese Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: each line is a haikuSchema: aaaa bbbbbb aaaa Example Sakura Memories by Jez Farmer Sweet scented petals descend on the breeze; fragrant farewell,Memories entwine in rivers of tears; love cannot dispelDark clouds obscure the future and the sun in living hell?Temple chimes echo sounds of …

Grammarian Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: alternate quintains and coupletsMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abbba cc deeed ff Example The Rabbit and the Warrior by Jez Farmer As springtide comes amid the ancient stoneA warrior stands alone as he seeksThe old one with whom holy wisdom speaksAs across the skies the setting sun streaksA white …

French Sonnet Notes

French Sonnet IStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Octasyllabic or iambic tetrameterRhyme Schema: abbaabba ccdccd Example On the Way Down by Jez Farmer In darkness whispers kept talking to meAnd whispers echoed around in my mindA growling roar that once was far behindIn the realms of a childhood fantasyThose days before my soul walked strong and freeWhen …

Irish Sonnet Notes

Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abab bcbc cdcd dd Example Chica Cherry Cola by Jez Farmer As I lay trying to sleep out the nightI think of your kisses teasing my skinIn the loneliness, I still feel you biteAnd the scratching of your nail like a pinAwake, wide awake, yet I’m …

Indonesian Sonnet Notes

Created by: Created by Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abab abab abab ab Example Helen Grew Old by Jose Rizal M Reyes These wrinkles on my face I cannot hide.My limbs are getting weaker by the day.My eyes grow dimmer though they never cried.My hair and crowning glory …

Envelope Sonnet Caudated Notes

Structure: Octet and 2 sestetsMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbacddc efefef ghhgii Example Love in Lockdown by Jez Farmer She was on his mind again late last nightAs he poured his whiskey over ice rocksThe echoes of love and its after shocksBut always her in his head by firelightAnd the midnight hour slips quietly byAs …

Free Style Sonnet Notes

Free Style Sonnet 1 Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: sestet and octetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aaaaaa bbccddee Example Call of Fire by Jez Farmer The gut instinct that comes from a somewhereA someplace but I have never been thereLike a memory held too deep to shareFrom ancient days and my soul is awareIt feeds …

Four Kings Sonnet Notes

Created by: Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abbaabba abbaab Example The Creative Mind by Jez Farmer The creative mind as sharp as an axeHas no time for acts of complacent thoughtHis soul not for sale and cannot be boughtIn imagined worlds formed in parallaxHis muse shedding her artificial …

Heather’s Sonnet Notes

Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: 6 syllables or trimeterSchema: abab cded fgfg ce Example Sunrise by Jez Farmer At the beginning of the day I feelJust like a whisper in a lover’s dreamAs remnants of dreams in gold rays congealIn rushing waters of the little streamI feel you standing there right beside meJust like …

Half Measured Sonnet Notes

Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: alternating tetrameter and trimeterRhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Example The Sentimental Jerk by Jez Farmer As roses bloom in redAnd the violets in blueThe heart rules it is saidWith the words ‘I love you’The heart is just a foolThose words need much more thoughtThey are not for me …

German Sonnet Notes

Structure: Two quatrains and a sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abba abba ccdeed Example Sacred Art by Jez Farmer Beguiling beauty humbles the proud roseHer grace, a hidden jewel, caught my eyeAnd like a whispered love that breezes sighHer name is lost in gardens I suppose.I sort her name from clouds that swept the skyThey …

Free Verse Sonnet Notes

Structure: 14 linesMeter: No meter requirementSchema: No rhyme specified Example Tad-cu by Jez Famer What star should I lean onAs I walk the path of lifeTowards my destiny, my future, my deathWho is the star that leads me?The shining example of doing it rightWho is the man who stands beside meWhen seeking that second opinionBut …

Curtailed Quaintrelle Notes

Created by Marcy JarvisStructure: Three quatrains + coupletThree quatrains consisting of 8,8,8,6 syllables of iambic meter in each quatrain with an internal rhyme on the third line of each stanza on the 4th and 8th syllables. The sonnet closes with a couplet of 8 syllable lines, in iambic meter, and rhyme as a couplet.Schema: xxxxxxxaxxxxxxxaxxxbxxxbxxxxxc …

Irish Sonnet Notes

Structure: QuatrainsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme: abab bcbc cdcd dd Example Feeling of Love by Terry Clitheroe The feeling never leaves when you love someoneIt's with you for eternity when your soul is sharedThe parting of a lifetime when your love is gone.Her spirit looking at you, knowing that you caredThat you'll never meet again is …

Flying Bird Sonnet Notes

Structure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: aaaa bbccbb aaaa Example A Pleasant Plucker’s Mate by Jez Farmer When tears are plucking out my empty sighsMy loyal friend still sits upon my wanting thighsAnd waits my hand without no hows and whysAs his taut echoes lift me to the skies.Even if my songs …

Fatima Stanza Sonnet Notes

Created by Larry EberhardtStructure: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abab bcbc cc cdcd Example Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers by Larry Eberhardt Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,I ask that first you test your words alone.You’ll want to be assured your meaning’s clearif anger …

Envelope Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abbacddc efgefg Example Gill Nets by Jez Farmer Old wooden boats are waiting by the seaThe tide is out they have no place to goIn stillness, they wait for the ebb and flowThe turning of the tide will set them freeAs waves come closer to their aging …

English Sonnet Notes

Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abab cdcd efef gg Example Sonnet 106 by William Shakespeare When in the chronicle of wasted timeI see descriptions of the fairest wights,And beauty making beautiful old rhymeIn praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights,Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best,Of hand, of foot, …

Elfin Stanza Sonnet Notes

Structure: 2 quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba abab ba baba Example Where Fairies Play by Jez Farmer The scented garden where I wait for youI sit and watch the fairies come to playAnd hear them sing their ancient songs of MayBeneath the pretty bells of velvet blue.My ragged jeans are …

Echo Sonnet Notes

Created by Jeff GreenStructure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: A1bbA2 accA2 addA2 A1A2 Example: Lebensraum by Jez Farmer To find the place where gods reside; just lookInto a candle’s solitary flameAnd listen for their voice to call your nameWithin the self, and there you’ll find their nookThis place is never found in …

Deplorable Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. Reyes, named by Lawrence EberhartStructure: 2 Quatrains, couplet and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aaaB cccB dd eeeB Example The Deplorables by Jose Rizal M. Reyes They do not bear a dainty nameto shield from scoffers and from shame.Quite merrily they play the game.Because they are Deplorables!They fear no libtards …

Dutch Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abccbadd exefxf Example: Where the Bluebells Grow by Jez Farmer If I could borrow an hour of your timeWould you then join me where the bluebells growSo I may hold you in the pale spring lightI want you to grasp me, holding me tightAs your body tells me …

Asean Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aaaaaaaa aaaaaa Example: A Lover's Request by Jez Farmer There is no greater beauty I can seeThan one that sets the heart so gently freeThe one great truth found in our destinyThe softest touch that burns with wondrous gleeNo song is sung between …

Cyhydedd Fer Sonnet Notes

The origins of the Cyhydedd Fer Sonnet are unclear given the Cyhydedd Fer couplet easily lends itself to the sonnet form. An ancient Welsh couplet form its more than likely a series of seven couplets was being used long before the advent of the sonnet. The Cyhydedd Fer creates an unusual sonnet rhythm as there …

Chained Sonnet Notes

More of an effect than a set sonnet form the chained sonnet can be used with any sonnet variant the poet chooses. Each line begins with the last word of the preceding line. For a cyclic chained sonnet the last word of the last line should be the first word of the first line. Structure: …

Curtal Sonnet Notes

Originally created by Gerard Manly Hopkins using his devised meter Sprung Rhythm sonnet purists would argue the Curtal Sonnet is not a true sonnet, nevertheless I shall include it in my notes as a valid sonnet form. The Curtal is a shortened, or curtailed sonnet, specifically referring to a sonnet composed of a sestet and …

Countess Grief Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterStructure: 3 quatrains and a coupletRhyme Scheme: abba cddc eefg gf Example: Necrosis by Jez Farmer The shimmery haze like buckets of mistReflect the heat against the dying grassAnd old man time must surely breathe his lastThere is no way out; no mystery twistUnheard warnings left all …

Clare’s Sonnet Notes

Structure: Quatorzain of coupletsMeter: AnySchema: aabbccddeeffgg Example: Line by Line by Jez Farmer The soft touch of her lover’s lipsOn her skin his tongue slowly skipsHis hunger, her passion as oneDefining love’s erotic funWithout words, with a metered beatTheir verse inscribed in sexual feetA dance, a song, a poem foundShe drags her nails in the …

Cross Sonnet Notes

Created by Victoria Sutton. The first four syllable of line #1, becomes the last four syllables of Line #4 in each of the quatrains. Cross Sonnet 1 Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: Octosyllabic or tetrameterSchema: aabb ccdd eeff gg Example Silent Words by Jez Farmer Her eyes that speak of love’s desireEcho the music …

Divino Sonetto Notes

Created by Divena Collins, the Divino Sonetto has two variants. Sonetto 1 Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbcddc eefeff Example: A Closed Door by Jez Farmer The silent tears that nobody saw cryAs deep within a soul just wished to dieUnspoken the words that voiced so much painOf a heart broken again and …

Cornish Sonnet Notes

Historically, travellers were influencing the courts of Europe and introducing sonnet poetry to England, France, and Spain. At the same time in the south west of England traders were also introducing hybrid poetry influenced by Arab traders who plied their trade along the Mediterranean and the shores of Cornwall resulting in a fusion of the …

Chivalric Sonnet Notes

Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: xaxa xbxb xcxc dd Example: Down by the Stream by Jez Farmer Each night I walk past the tree-lined stream,And see the seasons flowing quickly by,The silver shards that moonlight leaves behind,Entwined with rusty gold of autumn's sigh.I sit and stare as if I'm lost in …

Constellation Sonnet Notes

Created by: Terry ClitheroeStructure: Two quintains and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: ababa ababa cdcd Example: Awake at Last by Terry Clitheroe Wouldst take thee in my arms for a whileEternity would be much too short a time.Thou know'st my heart is so easy to beguileTo leave too soon would be a grievous crimeI happily …

Capped Sonnet Notes

Structure: QuatorzainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: xxxxxxxxxxxxaa Example Riding the Waves by Jez Farmer Cruelly torn from love’s tantalizing kissThe rage of passion burns beneath my skinIt feeds on pleasure gasping from your lipsAs my tongue flickers softly on your fleshI watch you writhing possessed by desireHow slow the touch comes when it’s all you needA …