Using the topic dinosaurs create your own 14-line sonnet. Each line needs to be exactly 10 syllables (don’t worry about the iambic part of the iambic pentameter – the 10 syllables will be enough of a challenge)

The poem needs to follow the rhyme scheme (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG) discussed in class.

Your sonnet must rhyme in a specific pattern. Your 14 line sonnet must be written in three sets of four lines and one set of two lines. 1. The first quatrain will have lines that end in a rhyme scheme like this: ABAB, for example, 'day', 'temperate', 'may', 'date'.

Explanation:

thats exactly the right answer

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."