Date Posted:17:39:58 03/24/03 Mon Author: Your spanish buddy Subject: Re: Becoming Shakespeare: Write Your Own Sonnet (LESSON 4) In reply to:
Kathryn Williams
's message, "Re: Becoming Shakespeare: Write Your Own Sonnet (LESSON 4)" on 08:32:26 03/22/03 Sat
>>After reviewing the characteristics of a sonnet,
>>compose an original Elizabethan (Shakespearean) sonnet
>>of 14 lines. Your theme may be traditional (i.e.,
>>love, nature, etc.) or contemporary, but you must use
>>the correct rhyme scheme (ababcdcdefefgg) and iambic
>>pentameter. When you are finished, post your sonnet
>>as a reply to this message. Get creative and have
>fun!
>
>Why I hate Mr. Bojangles
>
>Don't you hate those tiny, hideous dogs?
>Whose heads are all scrunched up and hair's all
>mangled,
>Whose whole bodies look like fury white logs
>Like SNL's little Mr. Bojangles
>(who despite common belief is a girl)
>Whose butt-ugly faces are monstrosities
>It's all really enough to make me hurl
>No! Not another breed!! Please, help us all! Please!
>Like I was saying before--they're all ugly
>May the have short white hair or long black hair
>Little Chihuahuas or fat and pugly
>Let's go to the zoo, we'll feed all the bears!
>It may sound evil, cruel--but it's not, it's neat n'
>We're all better off if they're chomped, chewed, and
>eaten.
>
>-Kathryn
hey!! your poem is cute! but little doggies are fun! my step mom has 2 chiwawa thingies! its cool! byebye! c ya in spanish!
