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How to write a sonnet in 30 minutes.

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I don’t know what a sonnet is srry:(
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Write in one of the various standard rhyme schemes (Shakespearean, Petrarchan, or Spenserian). Format the sonnet using 3 quatrains followed by 1 couplet. Compose your sonnet as an argument that builds up as it moves from one metaphor to the next. Ensure your poem is exactly 14 lines.

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