 Poetry: July 18, 2012 Issue [#5165] |
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This week: Romance Poetry: Sonnets Part 2 Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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Romance Poetry: Sonnets Part 2
When I was an editor for the Romance/Love newsletter, I wrote a few newsletters on love poetry. One of those was on the sonnet. I covered over two dozen variations of the sonnet, and thought I covered them all. However, I recently discovered some more variations of the sonnet that didn't make it into part 1. Lucky us, we get to play with more variations on the sonnet form. (Go to "A Poet's Tool Box" [E] to find the other sonnet variations I've covered in this and previous newsletters)
BRIEF HISTORY
As I mentioned in my previous article on the subject of sonnets, the sonnet is the poetic version of the sonata. First on the sonnet scene, around the 1200's, were the Sicilian sonnets.
MUST HAVES
- 14 lines (**A couple exceptions are listed in the Part 1 variations)
- Set up: An idea, issue, point of view, question, outlook or theme.
- Turn/Volta (also known as the pivot): Fortify a point, use an opposite point of view, answer a question, or take a change in direction.
- Summary: Wrap it up. Sometimes this step is combined with the volta.
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET'S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
- Rhyme scheme (see variations)
- Meter (see variations)
- Where to place the turn/volta. (See variations.)
- Topic/theme
More Variations of the Sonnet
- Alfred Dorn Sonnet (http://theformalist.org/archives/author/alfred-dorn):
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter (da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM)
RHYME: ABCABCDDAEAEAE
OF NOTE: After reading a few Alfred Dorn sonnets it appears that the turn begins around the seventh line, but that is an arguable point.
- Blues Sonnet:
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter is traditional, but can really be any meter, as long as you stay consistent throughout the poem.
RHYME: AAaBBbCCcDDdee -This one is a bit different in that the first two lines of each rhyming set are almost the same, with a slight alteration made to the second line, and the third line simply rhymes with those two lines ahead of it (e.g. [A] I sat on a cactus this very night [A] Oh, sat on a cactus this very night [a] It gave my tushy a really mean bite). The last two lines (the 'ee' part of the rhyme scheme) of the poem do not follow this pattern, meaning that they are two independent lines that rhyme with each other.
OF NOTE: Volta starts with the tenth line. Also, the topic should be sad (well, it is called the BLUES sonnet for a reason).
- Bowlesian Sonnet (aka Australian Sonnet):
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter
RHYME: ABBACDDCEFFEGG
OF NOTE: The turn takes place from the ninth to the thirteenth line.
- Brisbane Sonnet:
RHYTHM: Pick any type of pentameter (ie. Anapestic, Dactylic, Iambic, Pyrrhic, Spondaic, or Trochaic).
RHYME: ABCABCDEFD EFGG
- Cornish Sonnet:
RHYTHM: Traditionally Iambic pentameter, but it can be any meter as long as it is carried throughout the poem.
RHYME: ABACBCDEDFEF AD (with the last two lines repeating lines one and seven exactly) or ABACBCDEDFEF CF (with the last two lines repeating lines six and twelve exactly).
- Echo Sonnet:
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter
RHYME: ABBAACCAADDAAA. Similar to the Cornish sonnet in that we have repeated lines. You will need to repeat line one in line thirteen, and repeat line four in lines eight, twelve and fourteen.
OF NOTE: Jeff Green is credited for inventing this variation.
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