Rhyme Scheme: abbaabba abbaab
Invented by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines
Iambic Pentameter
Volta Line 9 or beyond
Example Poem:
Four Epoch Sonneteer (Four Epoch Sonnet)
In school in fifty-seven I learned rhyme;
and forced exposure taught me sonnets ruled.
That all had fourteen lines; so I was schooled.
and Shakespeare was the master for all time.
Near three score years had passed be fore I tried
again to master bard's acknowledged sphere.
Then meter taunted me; I was defied
by multisyllabic words quite unclear.
At last, I grasped it, got the concept down.
I tried then linking sonnets together
with structure well defined, to tell a tale
worth telling. I, at last. composed a crown.
A sonnet redouble'--now version five,
is ready; somehow I am still alive.
© Lawrencealot, October 17, 2012
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