Count as of November 1, 2017 = 70
This index lists only sonnets which I have classified as “Gadget” Sonnet. They have refrain, or have construction or length requirements which fall outside of the “standard” sonnet area, which generally vary only in meter, line-length, rhyme pattern or volta requirements.
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| 13 Line Sonnet | Any sonnet form which ends in couplet, wherein the poet combines two lines into one with internal rhyme. |
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| AA Sonnet (12 Step Sonnet) | abab cdcd efef gg Staircase internal rhyme |
| Acrostic Sonnet * | TREATMENT rather than form |
| Acrostic Tribute Sonnet | Acrostic plus title yields message. |
| Alternating Sonnet | abba/ccd/abba/ede or aab/cddc/ebe/cddc Alternate 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
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| Arabian Onegin Sonnet | AaAa BBbb CdC DDd |
| Bardic Sonnet | English Sonnet with cross-rhyme and Consonant End-Rhyme. |
| Beginning of the Line Rhymed Sonnet | aabbccddeeffgg |
| Blues Sonnet | AAa BBb CCc DDd ee |
| 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. |
| Chained Sonnet | Can use any other sonnet form and rhyme pattern. Must chain last word of line to first word of next line. |
| Caudate Sonnet | abbaabbacdcdcd dee . |
| Cornish Sonnet | Abacbc Dedfef AD or abacbC dedfeF CF |
| Cross Sonnet | aabb ccdd eeff gg or abab cdcd efef gg |
| Curtailed Quaintrelle | 3 quatrain + couplet, 8886/8886/8886/88 Rhymed: aa(bb)c dd(ee)c ff(gg)h ii |
| Curtailed Sonnet | abcabc defde or abcabc dbcdc |
| Deplorable Sonnet | aaaB cccB dd eeeB |
| Doggonnet |
They rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg
All 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 |
| 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) |
| Echo Sonnet | a*bbA accA addA a*A |
| Elfmath Sonnet | Re-uses identical words in specific pattern as opposed to rhyme scheme. |
| Folded Sonnet | A gadget sonnet of 12 lines in iambic heptameter. |
| Germanic Caudated Sonnet | abbabccb cddcdd dee dff dgg |
| 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 |
| John Tee Sonnet | ABcdefABghijAB
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| Kiss Cross Sonnet | aabb ccdd eeff gg or abab cdcd efef gg |
| Kyrielle Sonnet | AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB. |
| Korean Sonnet | aaaaaaaa bbbbbbbb; a 16 line sonnet |
| 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. |
| LuVailean Sonnet | An invented sonnet form with alternating iambic pentameter and iambic dimeter lines, concluding with a heroic couplet. Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg. |
| Multidirectional Sonnet | Sonnet Treatment – Not a form |
| Mystique’s Mini Sonnet | It is Stanzaic with three quatrains and a couplet It is Syllabic 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7 7/7 It is Rhymed with a Refrain Rhyme Pattern Aabb cccc Aa cc dd |
| Nevada Sonnet | Use any sonnet rhyme patteren + Interna Rhyme |
| 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
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| Princess Sonnet | A formulistic sonnet with first syllable(s) rhyme with is the inverse pattern of the orginal sonnet form chosed. |
| 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 aa abab cac bb, abab cac cc, abab cac aa |
| 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. |
| Rondel Prime Sonnet | ABba abAB abbaAB |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Sestina Sonnet | No Rhyme, Formulistic word pattern |
| Shadow Sonnet | Any Sonnet rhyme + Internal rhyme |
| 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 gg or abba cddc effe gg Refrain |
| Sonnet Anapest | A sonnet in English Sonnet form written in anapestic tetrameter and trimeter. |
| 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. |
| Sonondilla | It should be written in octosyllabic lines. Meter either iambic or trochaic Rhyme Scheme: abbaabbaccddcc Volta to appear at line 9. |
| 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. |
| Tet Zayin Sonnet | Aabb bbcc ccdd ddaA – Amera Anderson |
| Terza Rima Sonnet
| A1bA2 bcb cdc dad A1A2 or aba bcb cdc ded ff |
| Tory HexaTet Sonnet
| ababcdcd ee ffgg |
| 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 A2A1 |
| Whimsical Sonnet
| Lines alternate between iambic pentameter and hexameter Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede ff* where f* is a near rhyme to f |
| Word Sonnet | any sonnet rhyme pattern, one word per line |