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.