My guess is the middle intital "J." in Scott J. Alcorn stands for Jeffrey. Or, this sonnet is named for the title or subject of a poem written by Alcorn. It appears the form varies from the metric pattern of most sonnets and has a unique rhyme scheme.
Jeffrey's Sonnet is:
• 2 sestets followed by a couplet.
• syllabic, 8 syllables per line.
• rhymed, rhyme scheme aabccb ddeffe ge. There is internal cross rhyme within syllables 2 thru 4 of L7, L13 & L14.
• composed with no suggested criteria for a pivot although it appears to occur between the sestets, leaving the end couplet as a summary.
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x b
x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x b
x x x b x x x d
x x x x x x x d
x x x x x x x e
x x x x x x x f
x x x x x x x f
x x x x x x x e
x x e x x x x g
x x x g x x x e
Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1785>
Example Poem:
Color
Me Cold (Jeffery's Sonnet0
I,
being forced somewhere to go,
had to
ignore the winter snow.
There
were no airport flights today.
The
clouds were threatening and grey;
I
could now get there just one way.
With
fear I drove into the haze.
The
ice was glaze on Interstate;
I'd
either die or get there late.
I fell
into a motel bed.
I'd
sleep some then I'd drive refreshed.
Two
nights I was a captured guest.
The
urge to leave was in my head.
I
found instead car frozen tight.
for
through the night the ice had spread.
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Lawrencealot - June 18, 2013
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