depends on the sonnet Shakespearen is the easiest, the requirements are: 14 lines iambic pentameter(10 beats per line) abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme gg is like a shift from the rest of the poem between lines 13 and 14 has to be about some type of love petrarchan: 14 lines two stanzas then the two lines iambic pentameter also has specific rhyme scheme Abba Abba cdecde or cdcdcd shift after the first 8 lines has to be about some type of love there is also spencerian and modern but these are more common and the shakespeare one is the easier one honestly