When you are bored, with nothing else to do...

Then you should try to write some lines in verse.

Iambic Pentameter
Everyone had to memorize the definition of "iambic pentameter" in school and dutifully mark off each foot in lines like "Let me not to the marriage of true minds" or "It little profits that an idle king." This most graceful of meters is not reserved for professionals like Shakespeare and Tennyson, however. You, too, can write in iambic pentameter! Examples:

Four equal lines and angles make a square.
Augustus ruled before the fall of Rome.

Annoy your friends by communicating only in lines of ten syllables.

Epic Haiku
A less-known form of poetry is the epic haiku. The epic haiku consists of seventeen verses (5 + 7 + 5), each of which is a haiku (with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables).
Currently, only four epic haikus are known to exist. Feel free to add to the total.

Epic Sonnet
As far as I know, no one has ever written an epic sonnet. It would be a tall order - you'd have to write fourteen sonnets that developed a common theme, with the last word of each sonnet following the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG. It is my ambition to write an epic sonnet someday, when I have several months of free time.

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