Sonnet [SOHN-et]: A fixed form consisting of fourteen lines of five-foot iambic verse. In the English or Shakespearean sonnet, the lines are grouped in three quatrains (with six alternating rhymes) followed by a detached rhymed couplet which is usually epigrammatic. In the original italian form, such as Longfellow's Divina Commedia, the fourteen lines are divided into an octave of two rhyme-sounds arranged abba abba and a sestet of two additional rhyme sounds which may be variously arranged. This latter form tends to divide the thought into two opposing or complementary phases of the same idea. NOTE: A variant of the Shakespearean form is the Spenserian sonnet which links the quatrains with a chain or interlocked rhyme scheme, abab bcbc cdcd ee. NOTE: A sonnet sequence is a seies of sonnets in which there is a discernable unifying theme, while each one retains its own structural independence. All of Shakespeare's sonnets, for example, were part of a sequence, (See quatorzain, volta) (See also anthology, canon, companion poem, cycle, lyric sequence.)

Title	Author	Date Posted	Date Created	Ratings
				Votes	Creativity	Form	Imagery	Overall
messanger (angel)	Angela Thomas	01/03/2005	01/03/2005	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Metabolic Blood Brothers	Linda Fuller	06/01/2010	06/01/2010	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Metamorphosis - Explicit	Kim Bennett	06/04/2006	06/04/2006	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
mine seems to me to be the natural state	Ronald A Pavellas	11/07/2001	11/07/2001	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Moments	Oliver Drewman	11/16/2002	11/16/2002	3	Outstanding	Well-Framed	Evocative	Well Written
Montage	Christina Gleason	10/30/2003	10/30/2003	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Morality	Oliver Drewman	08/23/2007	08/24/2007	1	Brilliant	Outstanding Flow	Vivid	Memorable
more than simple	Angela Thomas	07/01/2014	06/30/2014	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Movements of the Body	Jim Benz	02/12/2010	02/12/2010	1	Brilliant	Outstanding Flow	Vivid	Memorable
move your feet	Angela Thomas	05/28/2013	05/28/2013	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
muse	Angela Thomas	04/01/2012	03/31/2012	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Muse	Joe Cramer	05/16/2006	03/06/2004	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Musing at Coyote Peak	Ronald A Pavellas	11/07/2001	11/07/2001	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
mute - Explicit	Angela Thomas	12/13/2009	12/12/2009	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
my child	Angela Thomas	10/28/2004	10/27/2004	1	Outstanding	Well-Framed	Evocative	Well Written
My First Evening in Madrid	Angela Cotterman	05/05/2011	05/05/2011	1	Brilliant	Outstanding Flow	Vivid	Memorable
My Heart Cries Out Now, and Is Never Heard	Joe Cramer	10/03/2009	10/03/2009	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
My Heart Does Melt When I Am Leaving You	Joe Cramer	09/04/2008	09/04/2008	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
My lover has a red, red nose that drips (ITALIAN SONNET THREE)	Paganini Jones	06/28/2004	06/28/2004	2	Outstanding	Well-Framed	Evocative	Well Written
My Muse, My Solace	Joe Cramer	02/06/2007	09/17/2004	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
my sex - Explicit	Angela Thomas	07/12/2004	07/11/2004	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Nachtstuck	Leonard M Hawkes	09/27/2018	09/27/2018	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
Nate	Leonard M Hawkes	10/21/2015	10/21/2015	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
nevermore	Angela Thomas	12/18/2011	12/17/2011	This Poem Is Currently Not Rated
New Oceans	Emily Tong	02/08/2007	01/07/2006	1	Brilliant	Well-Framed	Vivid	Well Written
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