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Not A Poet
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since 1999-11-03

Posts 3885
Oklahoma, USA

0 posted 2003-05-14 01:27 AM

Nan, I submitted this one some time ago when we did sonnets. I thought it might be interesting as sort of a description of the problem at hand but feel free to remove it if not appropriate.

Sonnet For A Sonnet

A question with it's answer in due time,
And fourteen lines is all that one may use,
The meter must be true, each line must rhyme -
Requirements strict enough to stress one's muse.
Then how might we express the things we ought
To say in verse so short and bound so tight
By rules to convolute coherent thought?
It's surely difficult to write one right.
But study of the masters, perseverance,
And practice, given talent, will succeed -
Enable one to write in strict adherence -
A feat of great accomplishment, indeed.
Oh Sonnet, it's so clear that I love you,
I only wish that you could love me too.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 2003-05-14 08:13 PM

You KNOW I love this, Pete... Thank you for posting it - It sort of reminds me of Kit's "Playing with my feet." Remember that one?

This link /pip/Forum22/HTML/000723.html is the thread that explains the basics of writing sonnets, folks... Read Pete's example here and combine that with the "May" thread - Hopefully that'll help...

Not A Poet
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since 1999-11-03

Posts 3885
Oklahoma, USA

2 posted 2003-05-23 01:11 AM

Thanks so much Teach. I do remember that one but it was more of an Epic as opposed to this shorter form

Darn, I do love these little songs.

Pete

Bridget Shenachie
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since 2002-01-23

Posts 1056
Kansas USA

3 posted 2003-05-26 11:09 PM

Hi Pete!

I enjoyed your sonnet and wish that I had your gift for meter. Thanks for the sonnet outline. It all helps. I'm a long way from getting it all done right, but I'm enjoying the learning process.

Thanks!
Shenachie

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