Traditional sonnets follow a set of rules. The most common rules are: In poetry, rhythm is the beat and pace of a line of poetry. A regular rhythm has a regular beat to each line of the poem.

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

February's writer-curator on Something I Heard, Diane Raptosh, shares one of her own poems, an untitled American sonnet.