Sonnets? Do they have to rhyme?

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I'm just reading this poem by Carol Ann Duffy, it's called 'You' - it's 14 lines - does this make it a sonnet? It doesn't rhyme and doesn't have the rhyming couplet at the end? It's divided into a quartrain, an octave and a couplet.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
Hi there.
Yes, a classic sonnet has to rhyme - the schemes vary, but every line will be a rhyme.
Carol Anne was having a play around. modern poets do that.
Cheers, Steve.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
Hi there.
Yes, a classic sonnet has to rhyme - the schemes vary, but every line will be a rhyme.
Carol Anne was having a play around. modern poets do that.
Cheers, Steve.
 
A sonnet needs a rhyming couplet at the end of the poem, regardless of rhyming throughout. The last two lines. It may be a hybrid of a sonnet and may give extra meaning to her poem if she has chosen not to include it - maybe the character in it is lonely? Individual?

This tends to be the reason why poets defer from fundamental poem structures.
 
Hi there.
Yes, a classic sonnet has to rhyme - the schemes vary, but every line will be a rhyme.
Carol Anne was having a play around. modern poets do that.
Cheers, Steve.
 
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