The sonneteer's restricted by his work;
The syllables and lines all have to be
Just right, so this assignment I will shirk.
This sonnet-writing stuff is not for me.
I am not very happy to be made
To write a verse that's forcefully contrived.
I will not write this thing unless I'm paid
A large amount, 'cause money is short-lived.
Intelligence is needed to write these,
And living brain cells, sadly, are too few.
One also has to mind his q's and p's-
That's something students I know cannot do,
And so I say, with lots of care and thought,
That sonnet-writing just should not be taught.