Furdui Diana

DLE13M
25.10.2014

1 Free verse poem

Winter is coming
The snow will cover the ground,
The trees and the houses
Bare trees and ice everywhere
Cold days, cold nights
Winter warms our heart and soul
It makes our life happier!
2 Haiku poem
Leaves fall to the ground
Autumn is a great season
It is cold and rainy
3 Sonnet about life
Our life is like a bright star
That sparks in a cloudness night
Sometimes love and peace are very far
Days and nights we are waiting for a light
What is love and peace for us?
A blooming rose or broken heart?
At a certain moment we must discuss
And find what means this peace of art
In space and time life is just a blink
When we live, we have many dreams
We should have time to love and think
And be the best, for me it seems
Anyway the life is like a star
It sparks a lot, but very far

Sonnet Characteristics
A sonnet is simply a poem written in a certain format. You can identify a sonnet if the poem has the
following characteristics:

14 lines. All sonnets have 14 lines which can be broken down into four sections called
quatrains.

A strict rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is ABAB / CDCD /
EFEF / GG (note the four distinct sections in the rhyme scheme).

Written in iambic Pentameter. Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, a poetic meter with
10 beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.
A sonnet can be broken down into four sections called quatrains. The first three quatrains contain four
lines each and use an alternating rhyme scheme. The final quatrain consists of just two lines which both
rhyme.
Each quatrain should progress the poem as follows:

1.

First quatrain: This should establish the subject of the sonnet.

Number of lines: 4. Rhyme Scheme: ABAB

2.

Second quatrain: This should develop the sonnets theme.

Number of lines: 4. Rhyme Scheme: CDCD

3.

Third quatrain: This should round off the sonnets theme.

Number of lines: 4. Rhyme Scheme: EFEF

4.

Fourth quatrain: This should act as a conclusion to the sonnet.

Number of lines: 2. Rhyme Scheme: GG