sonnets were originally written by Shakespeare. the rhyme scheme is called iambic pentameter. A line of iambic pentameter flows like this: baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM. the first twelve lines are divided into 3 quatrains of 4 lines each with the rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, the last two lines both rhyme. read more
3Compose your first section as three quatrains - that is, three stanzas of four lines each. Step 4Write the three quatrains with an a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f rhyme scheme, where each letter stands for a line of the sonnet and the last words of all lines with the same letter rhyme with each other. read more