Tennet Poem by Md. Ziaul Haque

Today I have invented ‘tennet',

A new poetic form,

Nearly close to a ‘sonnet'!

In the colossal literary platform.


The difference is- sonnet has 14 lines altogether,

While tennet has 10 in total,

Each line of a sonnet contains 10 syllables ever,

Which tenet in a tennet is not that focal!


From ‘ten' and ‘net' the word ‘tennet' does originate,

‘Net' is borrowed from the word ‘sonnet' great!


- I have invented the new poetic form called, 'tennet' that means 'poems of ten lines'. The word 'tennet' is a mixture of 'ten' and 'net'. The word 'net' is taken from 'sonnet'. The rhyme scheme of a tennet is usually abab-cdcd-ee, which is nearly similar to the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet- abab-cdcd-efef-gg; sometimes, the rhyme scheme may also be abba-abba-cc that is almost similar to an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet- abba-abba-cde-cde.