As you work on your original sonnet, you might find the following particularly helpful. It isn't cheating to get some help!
If you Google "scansion" or "poetic meter" you get all kinds of cool stuff. Share a fun link on your blog or respond to this posting!
If you'd like to check to see whether you get scansion -- there's a little game you can play online where you add the stress and feet above the printed poem and it tells you whether you are right or wrong. FUN!
Scansion Game Online!
Don't stress out trying to figure out what rhymes with the final syllable(s)of each line. Go to the coolest site designed so you not only have a list but also can get inspired!
Free Online Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus
Still not clear? This teacher's overview is pretty good:
Scansion Made Easy!
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