Poetry writing

Examples of sonnet poems:

Unaware

By Kaitlyn Guenther

Isolation quickly overwhelms me

Begging for forgiveness, a fallen hand

Desolation I now begin to see

Hanging by a thin thread, a single strand

I watch them. Their fears, their misbehaviour

Mistreat, abuse. Completely unaware

I am the land, their glorious saviour

Someday they will learn to treat me with care

I wish they would learn to trust each other

To join as one, to stand strong together

A bond, a band and a mighty brother

Forever as one, a powerful tether

You may not know, that fear is their captor

So you may not see each special factor

Important things to note:

• A sonnet poem is made up of 14 lines each being 10 syllables long.
• The structure of an English sonnet poem is: 

abab

cdcd

efef

gg

• The English sonnet has 3 stanza's (abab, cdcd, efef) which is a complete poem made up of four lines, and a couplet (gg) which is 2 lines that rhyme.
• Each stanza develops a specific idea but is closely related to the other stanza's.