Sonnets

[pinksalamander]

We're studying poetry at school, and I love it, especially as we are studying Pre-1770, I hate the modern stuff. I love analysing English and stuff but I HATE writing it. I really hate it, I can't do it because I have nothing in me to write about, and I hate people seeing or reading my work. I literally cried in the middle of a creative writing lesson because she made me read what I had written, its like a phobia.

So in my coursework, which was creative writing I got an E, which I managed to bring up from an F.... I however managed to get a B in the exams where other 'good' people in the class failed because I LOVE ANALYSING!

So now I thought that all my creative stuff would be behind me, and that is the only reason I continued the course. Now my teacher has decided we all have to write a sonnet, even though we won't be marked on it, which is complete :censored2: if you ask me.

So now I don't know what to do. My friend read his out to me and its all art-farty and 'good' (although I hate most modern poetry so I don't like it anyway) and I don't know what to doooo!

:help

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[JadeIcing]

If you want to post here or just pm it to me. I can see if I can help. I tend to just right and see what it ends up.

 

[pinksalamander]

My greatest fear is letting other people see my work! LOL. I spoke to my teacher and she said 'just right something s*it. It will amuse me.'

I'm jus going to try but I really really hate it. ARGH! I have so much work to do and this isn't helping.

Plus I just found out I'mnot going to the gym so I just started munching loads. I've had 3 yoghurts and some tzatziki with pitta... mmm

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[mouse_chalk]

Your teacher sounds horrible!! :shock: How rude!!

Sorry, I can't be any help- I was absolutely TERRIBLE at English- I barely passed the GCSE....but I know how you feel not wanting to read your work out to other people. I had that fear so badly, that I didn't even turn up and do my oral coursework for GCSE. I 'was sick' that day. Literally, throwing up in fear at home terrified of what would happen to me! Luckily, I think my teacher understood, he always knew that I struggled and was always happy to give me extra time for coursework etc, and he didn't mark me down for not turning up, and didn't try to make me do it another time. I scraped by with my C, which was all I needed! I wish you had as good as teacher as I did! (Although I know that was GCSE and you're at A-Level)

Also, whenever I see this thread, the Verve song 'Sonnet' automatically gets stuck in my head

Sorry, none of that helped at all!! :?

 

[pinksalamander]

No, my teacher is really nice. She is a little blunt at times but she is truthful and nice. She's funny. She said 'write the worst thing you possible can, just write something down, it doesn't even need to make sense'.

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[pinksalamander]

I'm almost done but I can't figure my last 2 lines (rhyming couplet).

I think we were supposed to write about love or something but meh.. this is the best she's going to get out of me. How am I supposed to write about something that's never happened to me?

I can't do the last two lines! Argh!

Eleven hours, fifteen minutes to go,
Until in English lesson I’ll be.
Sonnets are difficult to write, you know,
Especially for someone as bad as me.
Fourteen lines, ten syllables to prepare,
Much more difficult than you would think
It would be with all the words out there,
But I can’t seem to find the missing link
Between one line and the next, they make no sense.
But I need to write something, and quickly too.
I could try to put up some false pretence
Of someone who knows to write, what to do.
...
...


Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[Michaela]

That sounds good to me Fran. :thumbup Not that I ever got poetry, hated English a lot.

I know what you mean about hating to read out your work, I never liked that either, it's very unfair, what's it to anyone else in the class how you do? :dunno

 

[Bunnys_rule63]

Well done Fran - it sounds good!:thumbupI always find that the people that worry about their work the most are the ones who actually do the best, so I'm sure it'll be fine!

I know what you mean about poetry though - I hate it too!:grumpy:And I'm an absolute English freak.:biggrin2:I love creative writing and studying poetry, but I just can't for the life of me write it! Luckily it's not something that comes up in exams.