Form Challenge, Sonnets: Better Living Through Science - Rosalind Jehanne
Channel: Cerian Cantwr
Date: 2024-04-01

Form Challenge, Sonnets: Better Living Through Science - Rosalind Jehanne
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Form Challenge, Sonnets: 
What's in a day of Shakespeare without inviting those inclined to try their hands at composing a sonnet!  

For extra fun:  write a sonnet responding to one of Shakespeare's sonnets,
or create further poetic recipes of the Three Witches ("bubble bubble toil and trouble...")!

Instructions:  The form of Shakespearean sonnets
- Shakespeare's sonnets are composed of 14 lines, and most are divided into three quatrains and a final, concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. This sonnet form and rhyme scheme is known as the 'English' sonnet.
- Write your lines in iambic pentameter (duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH.
Format the sonnet using 3 quatrains followed by 1 couplet.