Signature Sonnet

This is a form invented in 2006 by B. N. Chandler, aka B_Chandler on Allpoetry.

It was bought to my attention as follows:

• The Signature Sonnet is another invented sonnet pretender in 3 quintains also introduced by B Chandler.

The Signature Sonnet is:
○ stanzaic, written in 3 quintains.
○ metric, written in iambic tetrameter.
○ rhymed, turned on only 4 rhymes aabba bbaab ababa

Pasted from Poetry Magnum Opus

I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation and my  thanks to Judi Van Gorder at Poetry Magnus, another wonderful resource.

Without her, even though I write on Allpoetry, I would not have known of this form. Ms Chandler is not longer active here, and I cannot find a sample poem, although her instructions remain.

Note: there are only TWO rhymes, and not four.

The Signature Sonnet is:
Stanzic, consisting of three quintains
Isosyllabic and metered in iambic tetrameter
Rhymed: aabba bbaab ababa

Volta not specified, but not excluded.

Example Poem

Looking for Friends     (Signature Sonnet)

I saw on Craig's old list a note:

and this is not a direct quote.

"I need a friend for night-time fun,

it could be that you are the one."

I guessed what those words might connote.

She said she liked the summer sun

where sometimes clothes would come undone;

she said she had a little boat

and lake with privacy, to float.

I thought I'd go- not walk, but run. 

I'm figured that I should devote

some time before the deal was done,

to check the things of which she wrote.

She weighed a quarter metric  ton

and smelled like someone's Billy goat.

© Lawrencealot  November 11, 2013

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