A Nonnet is a type of poem which has the following requirements: * It has nine lines * The first line has 9 syllables, the second 8 syllables, the third 7 syllables until the ninth line which has one syllable. * Has an iambic meter (stress every other syllable) For e.g. Akhil Katyal's poem 'How to write a Nonnet!': Hear hear, this is what a nonnet isbegin with 9, then with each line,cut a syllable every timeby the 4th line, it's 6by the 5th, it's 5and as you divemy hon', yournonnet'sdone!