  Poetry
This week: Romance Poetry: Sonnets Part 4 Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
More Newsletters By This Editor 
1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions
"A poem is a communication from one soul to another that makes one or both hearts sing."
Walter Mayes
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."
Robert Frost
|
| ASIN: 0910355479 |
|
Amazon's Price: $ 13.99
|
|
Romance Poetry: Sonnets Part 4
As promised in part 3, here is sonnets part 4. In this newsletter you will find sonnet variations that didn’t make it in parts one, two and three. Go to "A Poet's Tool Box" [E] to find the other sonnet variations covered in previous newsletters—and yes, there will be a part five somewhere down the line.
BRIEF HISTORY
As I mentioned in my previous articles 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 (New Princeton 1168). Most of the variations in this newsletter are newer ones created within the last decade or two.
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 (Turco 263).
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
- AA Sonnet - 12 Step Sonnet: A recently created variation by Larry Eberhart.
RHYTHM: Choose between iambic tetrameter, iambic pentameter, trochaic tetrameter or trochaic pentameter.
RHYME: Depends on which metrical form is chosen. If one of the pentameter forms is chosen, it is ABCABC DEDEDE FF. If one of the tetrameter forms is chosen, it is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
OF NOTE: Utilizes internal staircase rhyme, also.
VOLTA: Anywhere you choose, including not using one at all.
- Alternating Sonnet: This variation alternates two four-lined stanzas with two three-lined stanzas. It may start with either.
RHYTHM: Poet’s choice but most often iambic pentameter.
RHYME: Depends on if you start with a quatrain or a tercet. For a quatrain start: ABBA CCD ABBA EDE. For a tercet start: AAB CDDC EBE CDDC.
VOLTA: Either line 6, 11, or 12.
- America Forte: Created by Jose Reyes.
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter.
RHYME: ABAB BBCC CDCD DD
VOLTA: Wherever you choose.
- American Liebre: Also created by Jose Reyes.
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter.
RHYME: ABAB BBCC CDCD EE
VOLTA: Line 9.
- Arabian Onegin Sonnet:
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter.
RHYME: AAAA BBBB CDC DDD
OF NOTE: Repetition of words. The last word in line one is repeated in line 3. The last word in line 5 is repeated in line 6. The last word in line 9 is repeated in line 11. The last word in line 12 is repeated in line 13.
VOLTA: Line 9 or line 12.
- Asean Royal Flush Sonnet: Another creation of Jose Reyes.
RHYTHM: Iambic pentameter.
RHYME: AAAAAAAA AAAAAA
VOLTA: Line 9.
- Betwixt Sonnet: Once again, a creation of Jose Reyes.
RHYTHM: Poet’s choice.
RHYME: ABBA CBBC DBBD BB
VOLTA: Wherever you choose.
- Byron's Sonnet:
RHYTHM: Poet’s choice, but often iambic pentameter.
RHYME: ABBAACCA DEDEDE
VOLTA: Your choice.
SOURCE NOTES:
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Edited by Ales Preminger and T. V. F. Brogan. 1993.
The Study and Writing of Poetry. Edited by Wauneta Hackleman. Revised by Amy Jo Zook. Whitston Publishing Company. 1996.
The Book of Forms. 3rd. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2000.
http://poetscollective.org/
|
Theme: Arabian sonnet and other sonnet forms.
|
Have an opinion on what you've read here today? Then send the Editor feedback! Find an item that you think would be perfect for showcasing here? Submit it for consideration in the newsletter!
https://www.Writing.Com/go/nl_form
Don't forget to support our sponsor!
| ASIN: B083RZ37SZ |
|
Amazon's Price: Price N/A
Not currently available. |
|
Have a question, answer, problem, solution, tip, trick, cheer, jeer, or extra million lying around?
If so, send it through the feedback section at the bottom of this newsletter OR click the little envelope next to my name Red Writing Hood <3 and send it through email.
Comments on last month's newsletter:
From: Monty 
Comment: Never too old to learn. Thank you for a fine News Letter.
It is my pleasure. Thank you so much for saying so.  |
| ASIN: 0997970618 |
|
Amazon's Price: $ 14.99
|
|
To stop receiving this newsletter, click here for your newsletter subscription list. Simply uncheck the box next to any newsletter(s) you wish to cancel and then click to "Submit Changes". You can edit your subscriptions at any time.
|
Poetry: February 15, 2017 Issue [#8129]
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
