Homework Help: language arts

Posted by Lee on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 1:44am.

I have an assignment where it says to write a sonnet with 14 lines but they also say to have 14 syllables per line. I thought it was 10 syllables per line. Can anyone help ?

language arts - Writeacher, Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 9:51am
Yes, you're right -- it should be 10 syllables per line -- preferably in iambic pentameter.
http://iambicpentameter.net/

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