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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Elfmath Sonnet

This is a sonnet form invented by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines.
The defining characteristic is that you must use repeating end words in the rhyme scheme of any existing sonnet.

It is stanzaic, consisting of three quatrains and a couplet
Or                                           two quatrains and two tercets
It is written in iambic pentameter.
It uses WORD refrains in every stanza.

 Example poem

To Write an Elfmath Sonnet

To write an Elfmath Sonnet poets know
that they will never have to search for rhymes.
A word will rhyme with itself, that we know;
repeating words (required), will give you rhymes.

This sonnet makes demands that we use words
To end a line, so that they may repeat
because by rule, they must! Repeating words-
the specs define just where they must repeat.

But since the author specified the choice
of options that now number only three
we can't let complex rhyming be our choice.
We'll rhyme seven, or two or four- not three.

Since every time we end with couplet rhyme
I'm glad that I enjoy said couplet rhyme.

© Lawrencealot - February 25, 2014

Visual Template
Note: I created the template and poem when I thought the word
Pattern Jose set forth were requirements.  They are not, they are

Only examples.  You may choose your own word pattern.


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