Sonnet

Sonnets consist of 14 lines. The term sonnet derives from the Italian word 'Sonetto', meaning "little song". By the 13th century, it signified a poem of 14 lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure. Conventions associated with the sonnet have evolved over its history. Writers of sonnets are sometimes called "sonneteers", although the term can be used derisively. One of the best-known sonnet writers is William Shakespeare, who wrote 154 of them.

Format:
A Shakespearean, or English, sonnet consists of 14 lines, each line containing ten syllables and written in iambic pentameter, in which a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is repeated five times. the rhyme scheme in a Shakespearean sonnet is a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g; the last two lines are a rhyming couplet.

The boy was born, small and cute

As the months moved the boy turned into a teen 

His voice slowly, beginning to mute

He was tall and strong and was now fifteen!

Years passed and the boy started working,

He worked hard towards his goals,

Not knowing his age was slowly growing,

Keeping in mind he had to fill in his debt holes.

Now the boy got married

And soon had his own family

As time got carried,

The boy thought of his parents naturally,

He knew his time had come 

For he was that same boy who was to come...

-Rehan D'Mello