Imagery can make your sonnet grim…
If purposeless you staple every word
if only in your coup the words do brim
they never rise to heaven like a bird

For contents you should always give a damn
Just counting rhythm never gets you where
the words do flow and give a dunk that’s slam
You need to dare – to make the reader care...

And here’s the line traditional where shift
is needed to excitement give at all
The sonnet needs to keep its head a-lift

Don’t close your heart to matters seeming small…
And finally you happy close the deal
Your sonnet is completed, with a seal!