does a sonnet have to have 10 syllables
It wouldn't be completely accurate to say 10 syllables, because in English Sonnet writing, they are written in iambic pentameter, which is ten syllables, but it's not just any syllables, they have to be in rhythm.da-DA-da-DA-da-DA-da-DA-da-DA. And the rhymes are ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG for each stanza.hat makes a sonnet a sonnet is the rhyme scheme and the 10 syllable lines. Check out this site and it may help you: http://www.elfwood.com/farp/thewriting/2... Sptfyr Â· 7 years ago. Thumbs up.