(Last updated: April 21, 2018)
Listed here are All Sonnet forms that I have found that have been given names. They are segregated in separate indices as Standard or Gadget sonnets. Sonnet forms listed here at last count = 179.
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| 13 Line Sonnet | Any sonnet form which ends in couplet, wherein thepoet combines two lines into one with internal rhyme.Invented by Marcy Javis, writing as ea on Allpoetry. |
| AA Sonnet (12 Step Sonnet) | abab cdcd efef ggStaircase internal rhyme |
| Acrostic Tribute Sonnet | Acrostic plus title yields message. |
| Acrostic Sonnet * | TREATMENT rather than form |
| Alternating Sonnet | abba/ccd/abba/ede or aab/cddc/ebe/cddcAlternate quatrains and tercets |
| Amanda’s Dark Sonnet | It is a sonnet consisting of two seven line stanza’s.The first letters of each line form a two word acrostic, which must be alliterative.The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabbcca abbccdd |
| America Forte | abab bbcc cdcd dd |
| American Libre | abab bbcc cdcd ee |
| Arabian Onegin Sonnet | AaAa BBbb CdC DDd |
| Arabian Sonnet | aaaa bbbb ccc ddd |
| Asean Royal Flush Sonnet | aaaaaaaa aaaaaa |
| Balanced Sonnet | Stanzaic Two septets (7 line stanzas)Meter: Iambic pentameterVolta Not specified.Rhyme Scheme: ababcbc ededfef |
| Bardic Sonnet | English Sonnet with cross-rhyme and Consonant End-Rhyme. |
| Beginning of the Line Rhymed Sonnet | aabbccddeeffgg |
| Betwixt Sonnet | abba cbbc dbbd bb |
| Beymorlin Sonnet | abab cdcd efef gg |
| Blank Verse Sonnet | No rhyme; Strict Iambic Pentameter |
| Blues Sonnet | AAa BBb CCc DDd ee |
| Bowelsian Sonnet | abba cddc effe gg |
| Brisbane Sonnet | abcabc defdef gg |
| Bush Ballad Meter Sonnet | ababcdcdefefgg, syllabic 15/11, anpestic and iambic |
| Busta Sonnetto | A sonnet made up of two quintets (with envelope rhyme) and a quattrain, in any order. Hundreds of possible rhyme schemes. |
| Byron’s Sonnet | abba acca ded ede |
| Canadian Sonnet-Italian Structure | Unique from the Bowlesian sonnet because it is presented as two quatrains + two tercets Rhyme Scheme: abba cddc eff egg |
| Capped Sonnet | xxxxxxxxxxxxaa |
| Caudate Sonnet | abbaabbacdcdcd dee |
| Chained Sonnet | Each line begins with the last word of the preceding line, |
| Channing’s Sonnet | abbaabba cde cdeabbaacca dee dff, and others |
| Choi’s Sonnet | abab bbcc cdcd dd |
| Chivalric Sonnet | xaxa xbxb xcxc dd |
| Clare Sonnet | aabbccddeeffgg |
| Cornish Sonnet | Abacbc Dedfef AD or abacbC dedfeF CF |
| Countess’ Grief 1 | It consists of three quatrains and a couplet, but the couplet itself does not rhyme. The Rhyme scheme is: abba cddc eefg gf |
| Couplet Sonnet | aa bb cc dd ee ff gg |
| Cross Sonnet | aabb ccdd eeff gg or abab cdcd efef gg |
| Curtailed Quantrail | 3 quatrains + couplet, 8886/8886/8886/88 Rhymed: aa(bb)c dd(ee)c ff(gg)h ii Created by Marcy Jarvis, aka ea on Allpoetry.com |
| Curtailed Sonnet | abcabc defde or abcabc dbcdc |
| Cyhydedd Fer Sonnet | aabbccddeeffgg |
| Deplorable Sonnet | aaaB cccB dd eeeB |
| Divino Sonnet | aabb dccd eff egg |
| Doggonnet | They rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ggAll lines are six syllables.Two of the quatrains MUST be iambic trimeter.The other quatrain MUST be trochaic trimeter.The couplet may be either meter |
| Dorn Sonnet | abcabc ee aeaeae or abcabc dd efefef |
| Double Sonnet | Any standard sonnet doubled in one of three ways, |
| Double Trouble Sonnet | Front and end-rhyme: (a/b)(a/b)(c/d)(c/d)(e/f)(e/f)(g/h)(g/h)(i/j)(i/j)(k/l)(k/l)(m/n)(m/n) |
| Dual Sonnet | Any meter, any rhyme scheme Created by Allan R. Emery, aka Joe King on Allpoetry. |
| Dueces Sonnet | Rhyme Scheme: abba abba baab aa |
| Dutch Sonnet | ababaaccdxdfxf |
| Echo Sonnet | a*bbA accA addA a*A Created by Jeff Green writing as CricketJeff. |
| Elfmath Sonnet | Re-uses identical words in specific pattern as opposed to rhyme scheme. |
| English Sonnet | abab cdcd efef gg |
| Envelope Sonnet | An otherwise normal sonnet with rhyme scheme abbacddc efgefg or abbacddc efefef. |
| Fatima Stanza Sonnet | abab bcbc cc cdcd |
| Flying Bird Sonnet | aaaaa bbccbb aaaa |
| French Canadian Sonnet | abba cddc ee fggf |
| Folded Sonnet | A gadget sonnet of 12 lines in iambic heptameter (Alexadrine meter). |
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| Four Epoch Sonnet | abba cdcd efge hh |
| Four Kings Sonnet | abbaabba abbaab |
| Fourteener | Alexandrine meter, any rhyme |
| French Sonnet | abba abba ccdeed or abba abba ccdccdor abba abba ccdede
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| Germanic Caudated Sonnet | abbabccb cddcdd dee dff dgg |
| Gloria cum Noynoy Sonnet – Italianic | abba abba cddc dd |
| Glorionic Sonnet | aabbbccc ddedee |
| Grammarian Sonnet | Stanzaic , consisting of alternate quintains and coupletsMeter is iambic pentameterRhyme scheme: abbba cc deeed ff |
| Harrisham Sonnet | ababab cdcdcd ee |
| Heroic Sonnet | ababcdcdefefghgh ii |
| Hybrid Sonnet | abba abba cdcd eeabab cdcd efgefg abab cdcd efefef or abba cddc effe gg |
| Hyper Sonnet | Four tercets plus a couplet.Syllabic 10/8/6/5, Rhyme scheme is axa axa xaa xaa aa |
| Illini Sonnet | Written in both iambic pentameter and tetrameter. Rhymed: abcabcdbcdecee |
| Indonesian Sonnet | abab abab abab ab |
| Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet | abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdccdc or abbaabba cdcdcdabababab cdecde or abababab cdccdc or abababab cdcdcdababacca cdecde or ababacca cdccdc or ababacca cdcdcd |
| Irish Sonnet | abab bcbc cdcd dd |
| Ivorian Sonnet | Composed of a progression of stanzas, couplet, tercet, quatrain and quintet. Rhymed aabcbdede, then a quintet which rhymes each letter. |
| Japanese Sonnet | aaaa bbbbbb aaaa |
| Jeffery’s Sonnet | aabccb ddeffe ge |
| John Tee Sonnet | ABcdefABghijAB |
| Kal’s First Fireburst | The same as Kal’s Wondercloth Weave Sonnet, except the rhyme scheme: abcb bcdc cded de, requires line 3 in each quatrain to be feminine rhyme. |
| Kal’s Wondercloth Weave Sonnet | abcb bcdc cded de |
| Kangaroo Pause | abab ccdd efef gg |
| Keats Sonnet | abc abd cab cde de |
| Kilmer’s Sonnet | abba baab cdc dcd |
| Kindergart Klas Sonnet | abca bcab cabc dd |
| Kiss Cross Sonnet | aabb ccdd eeff gg or abab cdcd efef gg |
| Kiwi Pause | abba ccdd effe gg or ababccdddedeff |
| Korean Sonnet | aaaaaaaa bbbbbbbb; A 16 line sonnet |
| Kyrielle Sonnet | AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB. |
| La Germania | rhyming pattern: abba acca cddc ddformat: English (quatrain, quatrain, quatrain, couplet) |
| Lannet | 10 syllables per line, No End Rhyme Allowed |
| Lazy Day Sonnet | Created by Rebecca Kerr: Rhyme pattern aabbccdddeeeff |
| Limerick Sonnet | Three quatrains in anapestic meter. Created by Jeff Green |
| Luc Bat Sonnet | A Vietnamese form with 6/8/6/8..syllable lines and internal rhyme. |
| Lunatic Sonnet | aaab bbcc cddd ee |
| LuVailean Sonnet | An invented sonnet form with alternating iambic pentameter and iambic dimeter lines, concluding with a heroic couplet. Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg. |
| Luzvimninda Sonnet | aaaa bbbb cccc dd |
| Mabini Sonnet | abbaccaa ddaeea |
| Malayan Wave Sonnet – English Format | aaba bbcb ccdc dd |
| Marshalline Sonnet | abab cdcd efef gg |
| Mason Sonnet | abcabcbc dbadda |
| Maylayan Fireburst | aababbcbccdcdd |
| Maylayan Wave Sonnet | aababbcbccdcdd |
| Melanesian Sonnet | aabaaaba aababb |
| Miltonic Sonnet | abbaabbacdecde |
| Mirrored Seven Sonnet | Rhyme scheme: ababcdeedcbaba Isosyllabic: 7 syllable per line. |
| Morya’s Double Lock | Two quatrains plus two tercets Rhyme scheme: abba baab cdc dcd Volta at or following line 9 |
| Multi-Directional Sonnet | Sonnet Treatment – Not a form |
| Mystique’s Mini Sonnet | It is Stanzaic with three quatrains and a coupletIt is Syllabic 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7 7/7It is Rhymed with a RefrainRhyme Pattern Aabb cccc Aa cc dd |
| Nevada Sonnet | Use any sonnet rhyme patteren + Internal RhymeCreated by Lawrencealot of Allpoetry |
| Passion Sonnet | A1bA2B1 bcB1c B1dbd A1A2 |
| Paulo Comitatu Sonnet | This sonnet is composed of 3 quatrains,the first line of each being iambic pentameter or tetrameter, and the next three being one foot less (tetrameter or trimeter).The closing couplet is Iambic pentameter.Rhyme scheme: abbb accc deee dd |
| PGMA Sonnet | Form created by Jose Risal M. Reyes in honor of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyorhyming pattern: abba abba cddc dd |
| Philippine Sonnet | aaaa bbbb aaaa cc |
| Philippine Stanza Sonnet | aaaa bbbb cccc dd |
| Polynesian Wave | Invented and named by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines. Meter is iambic pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaxa bbxb ccxc dd |
| Pope John XXIII Sonnet | aaaa bbbb cc dddd |
| Princess Sonnet | A formulistic sonnet with first syllable(s) rhyme with is the inverse pattern of the orginal sonnet form chosen. |
| Pushkin Sonnet | abab ccdd eff egg |
| Quatern Sonnet | No rhyme Required, Any Permitted |
| Queen’s Sonnet |
Rhyme Scheme: abba ccac deed ff |
| Rainis Sonnet | abab cbc aa, abab cbc bb, abab cbc cc abab cac aaabab cac bb, abab cac cc, abab cac aa |
| Reasonnet | Four tercets plus a coupletrhyme scheme aaa bbb ccc ddd eeInvented by Ruth Poteet writing on Allpoetry as Reason. |
| Refrained Sonnet | A refrained rendition of an Italian Sonnet. Rhyme Scheme: abba cbbc dbbdcc |
| Relaxed Sonnet | Alternating iambic trimeter and iambic dimeter lines and the final couplet being iambic pentameter Rhymed: abababcdcdcdee, where the a-rhymes are feminine. |
| Rime Royal Sonnet | ababbccdedeeff |
| Romblomanon Sonnet | aaaa bb cccc dddd |
| Rondel Prime Sonnet | ABba abAB abbaAB |
| Rosarian Sonnet | aabcc ddbee fggf |
| Rubaiyat Sonnet | aaba bbcb ccac aa |
| Russia’s Twin Eagles | Invented and named by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines.Meter is iambic pentameterRhyme Scheme: aba bccb ded effe |
| Salamander’s Fireburst | Rhyme pattern is abcb acdc aded ae, where the c and d rhymes must be feminine. |
| Sapphic Ode Sonnet | abab cdcd efef gg |
| Saraband Sonnet – English Style | aaa abab aaa abab, aaa abab aaa abcbaxa abab axa abab, axa abab axa abcbaaa abcb aaa abab, aaa abcb aaa abcbaxa abcb axa abab, axa abcb axa abcb |
| Saraband Sonnet – French Style | aaa bbcc aaa bbcc or aza bbcc aza bbcc (where “z” lines must rhyme with each other, but can have any value, inclueding a-c.) |
| Saraband Sonnet – Italian Style | aaa baab aaa baab or axa baab axa baab |
| Saraband Sonnet – Spanish Style | aaa bcbc aaa bcbc or axa bcbc axa bcbc |
| Schwim’s Sonnet | A 13 line sonnet consisting of 3 quatrains plus a closing line. Internal rhyme on odd-numbered quatrain lines. Created by W.W. Schwim. |
| Scupham Sonnet | Two Scupham stanzas (sextets) followed by a coupletMetered: Iambic PentamterRhymed: abccba deffed gg |
| Sestina Sonnet | No Rhyme, Formulistic word pattern |
| Sephallian Reverse Sonnet | When read in the normal fashion, the poem has a pessimistic tone, but when read from bottom to top, it becomes and optimistic poem. The rhyme scheme is abcdeedcbaffa and may optionally be written as a refrain sonnet as A1bcdeedcbA2ffA2A1. |
| Shadow Sonnet | Any Sonnet rhyme + Internal rhymeCreated by Victoria Sutton aka Passionspromise on Allpoetry |
| Sicilan Sonnet | abababab cdccdc or abababab cdecde |
| Signature Sonnet | A 15 line sonnet, 3 quintains, aabba bbaab ababa,iambic tetrameter, created by B. Chandler |
| Skeeter Sonnet | A gadget sonnet consisting of a lines of two feet: A dactyl plus a trochee, which is catalectic on all even lines except the last. |
| Slide Sonnet | aabb ccdd eeff gg or abab cdcd efef ggor abba cddc effe gg |
| Solihull Sonnet | ababababababcc, created by Barry Hopkins |
| Sonnenzio | A poem which must repeat a word from a line of another sonnet in each of its own lines. It may be blank verse or any rhyme scheme, as long as it concludes with a rhyming couplet. |
| Sonnet Anapest | The defining character is that lines alternate between anapestic tetrameter and anapestic trimeter with feminine rhyme. |
| Sonnet Reversed | A sonnet in iambic pentameter, with Rhyme Scheme: aa bcbddedefgfg |
| Sonnet Reversii | A lexical sonnet, where the last word of each line, is the first word of the next line, and the first and last word of the sonnet are the same. |
| Sonnet Rounds, Crowns, and Sonnet Redoublé | Here Lies this poet’s proudest work. |
| Sonondilla | It should be written in octosyllabic lines. Meter either iambic or trochaic Rhyme Scheme: abbaabbaccddcc Volta to appear at line 9. |
| South African Quilt | It is defined by the Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd efg efg |
| Spenserian Forte | abab bcbc cdcd dd |
| Spenserian Sonnet | abab bcbc cdcd ee |
| Stefanile Triadic Sonnet | aba bccdbbde efe |
| Storm Sonnet | abcc deff ghii jj |
| Super Sonnet | Any rhyme Scheme, 4 to 8 quatrains followed by couplet |
| Swannet | A1. b. b. A2… c. d. d. c… e. f. f. e… A1. A2. |
| Teacher-Pupil Equation | Rhyme Pattern: aaaa aaaa bbbb bb |
| Teddybard Sonnet | Rhyme Pattern: aaaabbccddeeff |
| Tennyson-Turner’s Sonnet | abab cdcd effe fe |
| Tet Zayin Sonnet | Aabb bbcc ccdd ddaA |
| Terza Rima Sonnet | A1bA2 bcb cdc dad A1A2 or aba bcb cdc ded ff |
| Tory HexaTet Sonnet | ababcdcd ee ffgg Created by Victoria Sutton aka Passionspromise on Allpoetry |
| Transitive Sonnet | aa bbb cccc bbb aa rhyme scheme May change between occurrences of indicated rhyme on basis of slant rhyme, sight rhyme, metronyms, etc. |
| Triolet Sonnet | ABaAab ABaAab AB |
| Trinidad Sonnet | Aba cbc Ded fef AD |
| Tirrell Sonnet | A1A2 bcb cddc bcb A2A1Created by R.L. Leonard, aka Tirrell on Allpoetry. |
| Tuckerman’s Sonnet | abbabcab adeced or abbabcba bdeced |
| Turkey’s Delight |
abba ccdd efef gg |
| Vaughanet | A form which uses near rhyme, in the volta coming at L5-6 Rhmye Scheme: abab cc dede fgfg |
| Visayan Splash | Stanzaic: 3 quatrains and a couplet. Rhyme Scheme: abcb bcdc cdad da |
| Visser Sonnet | Internal rhyme only Octet + Sestet -Usually Iambic PentameterInternal Rhyme scheme abbaabba cdecde Originated by Audrea Visser |
| Volcanic Fireburst | Stanzaic: 3 quatrains and a couplet. The rhyme scheme is: abba ccDD eeDD ff, where the capital letters indicate feminine rhyme. |
| Volcanic Workshop | Stanzaic: 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet. Rhyme Scheme: abBB ccBB ddBB ee, where the capital letters indicate feminine rhyme. |
| Weaver’s Sonnet | Created by Tim Weaver, aka Poeticweaver on AllpoetyRhyme pattern: aabb cdcd efef ggVolta/Meter/Line length optional |
| Whimsical Sonnet | Lines alternate between iambic pentameter and hexameterRhyme scheme: abab cccc dede ff*where f* is a near rhyme to f |
| Word Sonnet | any sonnet rhyme pattern, one word per line |
| Wordsworth Sonnet | abbaacca dede ff |
| Wreathed and Unwreathed Sonnet | a(a/b)(b/a)(a/b)(b/c)(c/d)(d/c)(c/d)e(e/f)(b/e)(e/b)(b/e)(e/f) a specific internal rhyme scheme. |
| Wyatt/Surrey | abbaabba cddc ee |
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