Mystique`s Mini Sonnet

This form was invented by  Alberto J. Alvarez G. writing on Allpoetry as
MystiqueWizzard

It is Stanzaic with three qutrains and a couplet
It is Syllabic 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7  7/7
It is Rhymed with a Refrain
Rhyme Pattern Aabb cccc Aa cc dd
The Volta starts on the third stanza with the same first line
of the first stanza and it must spin the story into the opposite direction.
The couplet concludes the story.

Example Poem

Her Name's Rose, Watson      (Mystique's Mini Sonnet)

When Watson studied art

the students sat apart

in half-circle seeing view

of object they should sketch true.

Today in still life's place

sat a lass dressed in lace

and pink bows each in their place-

taunting smile upon her face.

When Watson studied art

he left Holmes at the start

but as working on a case

a deduction would take place.

One man's work was titled "Rose"

and he sketched her without clothes.

© Lawrencealot - December 21, 2013

   

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John Tee Sonnet

A Refrain Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme: ABcdefABghijAB.
No meter or line length specified.
Quatorzain with no stanzas.

Example Poem:


A Poet's First Year    ( John Tee Sonnet )

"How was year twenty-twelve"? she asked.
It leaves me richer far in friends.
These friends I've never met, and yet
I've learned from them and shared a bond
that fellow workers never shared.
Their humor, and their pain's been mine.
"How was year twenty-twelve"? she asked.
It leaves me richer far in friends.
They pushed me to exceed my goal
to write a poem a day, and thus
I've built for them a great resource,
for sonnet forms for work and play.
"How was year twenty-twelve"? she asked.
It leaves me richer far in friends.

© Lawrencealot - December 9, 2012

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Trinidad Sonnet

4 tercets + couplet
Generally Iambic Pentameter
Volta at or following line 9
4 tercets + couplet
First and seventh lines compose ending couplet
Rhyme Scheme:  Aba cbc Ded fef AD
This is a form invented by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines


Example Poem:

Hope for the Winners      (Trinidad Sonnet)

The race is being run without a doubt.
The rules are changing yet corruption rules.
In every project gov'mint talks about.

Yet private enterprise and science still
will surge ahead with heat that seldom cools,
increasing benefits that awe and thrill.

The gifts we'll see ahead will be profound.
Will joys and health alone prevent  a rage
against the plutocratic greed that's found?

A radical religion may bring hell
to Earth.  A clash, if hatred comes of age
could cost a billion lives before we're well.

The race is being run without a doubt.
The gifts we'll see ahead will be profound.


© Lawrencealot - November 1, 2012


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Triolet Sonnet

2 sestets + couplet (8-syllable lines)
Rhyme Scheme:  ABaAab ABaAab AB


Example Poem:

Neighbor's Aria  (Triolet Sonnet)

I was hapless and homeless bound
but a neighbor gave me a lift.
No cash for an apartment found.
I was hapless and homeless bound.
He swiftly extended a sound
civil plan to a lad adrift.

I was hapless and homeless bound
but a neighbor gave me a lift.
A storage shed had room he found.
I was hapless and homeless bound
but in the shed a couch was found.
"You'll clean it up, so it's no gift."

I was hapless and homeless bound
but a neighbor gave me a lift.

© Larry Eberhart, aka, Lawrencealot - Oct 16,2012


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Terza Rima or Diaspora Sonnet

The Terza Rima or Diaspora Sonnet, appeared in England in the 19th century. It makes use of the interweaving pattern and forward movement of the Italian Terza Rima. This variation of the sonnet is written in tercets with an interlocking rhyme scheme and concludes with a refrain or invocation in the form of a heroic couplet.

The defining features of the Terza Rima Sonnet are:
• a quatorzain, made up of 4 tercets and concluding with a rhyming couplet.
• metric, iambic pentameter.
• composed with a volta (a non physical gap) or pivot (a shifting or tilting of the main line of thought) sometime after the 2nd tercet.
• similar to the Spenserian Sonnet in which the poem progresses forward developing the metaphor, conflict, idea or question. The epiphany of the poem arrives logically in the couplet.
• rhymed with up to 6 rhymes with an interlocking rhyme scheme is
 aba bcb cdc ded ff.
• written so that the concluding rhyming couplet serves as a refrain or invocation.

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The first specifications I used and have posted above were from
http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1043

The following I am adding on 10/05/12, as al alternative for I am suspect we shall find both versions
in the field.

Although purists state all sonnets should be Iambic Pentameter, any meter or line length may be used, as long as all the lines are of the same length and meter.
The rhyme scheme is that line 2 of each stanza rhymes with lines 1 and 3 of the following stanza, creating an interlocking pattern. In the final stanza, both lines rhyme with line 2 of the preceding tercet.
The Terza Rima sonnet has the following rhyme scheme,
A1. b. A2... b. c. b... c. d. c... d. a. d... A1. A2.

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Example Poem:

Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Terza Rima Sonnet)


Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,
I ask that first you test your words alone.
You'll want to be assured your meaning's clear.

If anger stems from blunder of my own
You know that my concern will be repair.
Let's neither utter words we can't disown.

Be sure the words you say are truly fair.
Mistakes may not be cause for placing blame.
Delay harsh words, then later clear the air.

The words when heated likely will inflame
response I'd never give with common thought.
you know your dulcet tones will win the game.

My love, use whispers closely late tonight.
I love you, honey; I will make it right.


(c) Lawrencalot - September 25, 2012



A1bA2 bcb cdc dad A1A2 or  aba bcb cdc ded ff

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Tet Zayin Sonnet

The Tet Zayin Sonnet was created by Amera M. Andersen.  Tet Zayin is the Hebrew number 16      
A new Form with a strict structure it does not have to be iambic. It has 16 lines or four quatrains.      
Rhyme Scheme: Aabb bbcc ccdd ddaA          

Rhyme Scheme: Aabb bbcc ccdd ddaA          
S1=11 syllables      
S2=9 syllables    
S3=9 syllables    
S4 =11 syllables    
Last line is the same as first.      

or:    

S1=11 syllables      
S2=9 syllables    
S3=11 syllables    
S4 =9 syllables    
Last line is the same as first.


Example Poem:

Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Tet Zayin Sonnet)

Persuade and convince with whispers in the night.
Speaking out in anger is apt to incite,
invoking defensive fight.  One should just wait,
make sure their words are clear; let anger abate.

An angry start assures a debate
Let's solve the problem, not aggravate.
Harsh words once tossed out, fly like a spear.
You want concurrence, it would appear,

so wait and let anger disappear.
You convince me best when you are near.
If angered by blunder of my own
once I understand I will atone.

Between you and I no harsh words need be thrown
for granting joy to you, increases my own.
Tranquil ev'ning musings always turn out right.
Persuade and convince with whispers in the night.

(c) Lawrencealot - June, 2012


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Swannet

This form whilst not the creation of the Canadian poet, Gloria Carpenter, it has become her trademark being used in conjunction with her elemental and avian photo studies in British Columbia.
It is a straight forward form comprising of 3 envelope stanzas and a couplet.
The rhyme scheme is .A1. b. b. A2... c. d. d. c... e. f. f. e... A1. A2.
The meter is not specified but is usualy tetrameter or pentameter.

Example Poem:

Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Swannet )

When you are angry, words should be deferred. 

If anger stems from blunder of my own 

I'll not be defensive to quiet tone. 

A voice in dulcet tones is much preferred.

Perhaps, the words should simply disappear 

for now, until your anger can abate. 

There's nothing risked delaying words that grate. 

Unleashed, harsh words will travel like a spear.

We're lovers so we want to get this right. 

If you should softly speak of your despair 

I will want to facilitate repair. 

My love, use whispers closely late tonight.

When you are angry, words should be deferred. 

A voice in dulcet tones is much preferred. 

(c) Lawrencealot - November, 2012

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Slide Sonnet

The Slide Sonnet is created be Victoria Sutton aka "PassionsPromise."  

Like most sonnets, it has 14 lines. 

It is composed with eight syllables to each line. 

The first half of the first line of each stanza “slides” 

to the last half of the third line, 

creating a unique poetic repetition.  

The rhyme scheme may be “aabb ccdd eeff gg” 

or “abab cdcd efef gg” or abba cddc effe gg"

Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Slide Sonnet)

If you should speak in anger, dear, 

first speak where only you can hear 

then speak softly if you should speak 

Good results come from this technique. 

If meaning's clear, is message fair? 

Are words intended to repair, 

if so, they will if meaning's clear 

for your goals are mine too my dear.

The words can wait, while anger cools 

and then converse when reason rules. 

I will be here, the words can wait.

You views I will appreciate. 

Use whispers closely late tonight. 

And honey I will make it right. 

aabb ccdd eeff gg  or abab cdcd efef gg or abba cddc effe gg

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Rondel Prime Sonnet

French Sonnet or Rondel Prime is simply a Rondel with an second refrain added to the end of the poem. This verse form unlike most sonnets is usually syllabic. The sonnet was introduced to France in the 16th century by Clemont Marot (?-1544).

The defining features of the Rondel Prime or French Sonnet are:
• a quatorzain, an octave made up of 2 quatrains followed by a sestet.
• isosyllabic, the classic French sonnet is written in Alexandrine lines but this sonnet form can also be found in 8 syllable lines or the lines can be an number of syllables as long as the measure is consistent throughout the poem. In English it is found written in iambic pentameter or Alexandrine lines.
• rhymed ABba abAB abbaAB, A and B being refrains.
• composed with 2 refrains. L1 is repeated in L7 and L13, L2 is repeated in L8 and L14.
• composed with a pivot or turn somewhere after L8.

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Example Poem:


Reflecting             (Rondel Prime Sonnet)

When desolation grabs your heart and forces tears
Let nature speak, reminding you not all is known.
When you, so young were taken to the funeral biers
my faith was shattered; all beliefs and hopes were thrown

away.  I felt no comfort thinking heaven's spheres
could somehow recompense for earthly love we'd grown.
When desolation grabs your heart and forces tears
Let nature speak reminding you not all is known.

I went to our lagoon, our waterfall appears
today to look like you, and hope renewed is sown
into my soul.  We lived and loved! This thought coheres.
That truly shines. Remember we are just on loan.
When desolation grabs your heart and forces tears
Let nature speak reminding you not all is known.

© Lawrencealot - November 14, 2012


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Quatern Sonnet

The original Quatern was a French form consisting of three,
four line stanzas and containing a couplet refrain.
As is normal with French poetry it was constructed using eight syllable lines.
No meter or rhyme scheme was specified.
The Refrain is the first line of the first stanza,
and becomes the second line of the second stanza,
the third line of the third stanza and
finally the last line of the last stanza.
The well known Australian poet Bruce Henderson
suggests replacing the final quatrain with a couplet,
thus making it "a little song".

Quatern Sonnet Template
Note: NO Rhyme required, but ANY permitted,  I have shown common choices.


Example Poem:

Let's write a new Quatern Sonnet

Eight syllables four of which slide
from each stanza by line they glide.
No rhyme required but here I tried.

No meter was specified, yet
for this single Quatern Sonnet
I've used iambic meter tet!
Insulted some back there I'll bet.

Refrains can play like Quaterns do.
Hence naming should make sense to you,
but "sonnet" in Quatern Sonnet
Means fourteen lines in this guy's  view.

We had the thought in our bonnet;
now we've penned a Quatern Sonnet.

(c) Lawrencealot - June 25, 2012


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Passion Sonnet

The Passion Sonnet, created by  Victoria Sutton, aka, PassionsPromise,
is composed using the rhyme scheme of the traditional Shakesperian sonnet  but lines 1 and line 3 form the closing couplet and line 4 acts as a refrain line.
Ideally composed in iambic pentameter or decasyllabic lines.

Rhyme Scheme
A1 b A2 B1
b c B1 c
B1 d b d
A1 A2



Example Poem:

Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Passion Sonnet)

Oops Wait! Don't speak out in anger now dear.
I want to be receptive not hostile.
Instead come close and whisper in my ear
for whispers naturally make me smile.

If anger boils now dear, just wait a while
then hold me and whisper andbe amazed.
for whispers naturally make me smile.
All your concerns will quickly be appraised.

for whispers naturally make me smile.
and angry is not how I prefer you.
Just state what you need without any guile.
and it will be yours quite before we're through.

Oops Wait! Don't speak out in anger now dear.
Instead come close and whisper in my ear.



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Kyrielle Sonnet

Quatorzain made up of
(three rhyming quatrain stanzas and  a non-rhyming couplet).
Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet
also has a repeating line or phrase as a
refrain (usually appearing  as the last line of each stanza).
Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consist of only 8 syllables
 French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning
of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line
of the first quatrain as the ending  couplet.
This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem.
Therefore, a good rhyming scheme
for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:
AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB.

Example Poem:


Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Kyrielle Sonnet)

Try not to speak in anger dear.
for then your meaning's not so clear.
If I've screwed-up I'  be contrite.
Use whispers closely late tonight.

The words can wait, while anger cools
and then converse when reason rules.
I know you're nearly always right,
Use whispers closely late tonight.

If I've done something that you hate,
advise me, but the words can wait.
I love you and will make it right..
Use whispers closely late tonight.

Try not to speak in anger dear.
Use whispers closely late tonight.

(c) Lawrencealot - April, 2012

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Echo Sonnet

A "new poetic form" created by Jeff Green is based on the Kyrielle sonnet,
 like the Kyrielle sonnet it has 3 quatrains and a couplet all ending with the
same line  (or a similar developing line ending with the same rhyming word)
also like the Kyrielle sonnet the first line is also the
penultimate (second to last) line.
Unlike the KS however the poem is decasyllabic (ideally iambic pentameter)
and the rhyme scheme is a*bbA accA addA a*A.
a*, a and A lines all rhyme and a* and A lines are the repeating lines

Example Poem:

Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Echo  Sonnet)

Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear, 

Is it essential now that blame be found; 

will such proceed toward a common ground? 

Remember, love makes anger disappear. 

Harsh words once thrown will travel like a spear. 

Delay such words, for they can surely wait. 

Give time for impulse anger to abate. 

Remember, love makes anger disappear. 

Received in love the message will be clear. 

My love, use whispers closely late tonight. 

I love you, honey; I will make it right. 

Remember, love makes anger disappear. 

Should you be moved to speak in anger dear 

Remember, love makes anger disappear. 

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Cross Sonnet

The Cross Sonnet was created by  Victoria Sutton aka "PassionsPromise."
It is composed with eight syllables to each line.
The first four syllable of line #1, becomes the last four syllables of Line #4
in each of the quatrains.
The rhyme scheme may be aabb ccdd eeff gg or abab cdcd efef gg



Sample Poem:

Yes Virginia, There Is (Cross Sonnet)

I love you though you believe not.
Your demons say that love is naught
Your reality cries out, "No,
you don't love me"; I love you though.

Your wounds are deep and I can't aid
because your past makes you afraid
I'll make promises I'll not keep.
You reject all; your wounds are deep

It just piles on when trust is gone.
When every out-reach seems a con
Twilight denies there's any dawn.
I can not help; It just piles on

Yet from the stars, way past the moon.
will flow a tranquil peace real soon.

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Cornish Sonnet

The Cornish Sonnet is said to be influenced by Arab traders to the Cornish coast. This verse form is a merging of Arabic meter and the sonnet. Exactly when and how this came about I have yet to pin down. Early Cornish verse is fragmented and stingy at best. The earliest literature in the Cornish language were fragments of religious plays. The language became all but extinct by the 18th century but what was preserved demonstrates some verse in octaves using 7 syllable loose trochaic lines and alternating rhyme. Unlike verse from other Celtic origins, deliberate use of alliteration or other devices of "harmony of sound" are not present. This sonnet form doesn't fit with these early findings so I can only assume that it arrived on the scene much later than originally presumed.

The defining features of the Cornish Sonnet are:
lyrical meditation.
a quatorzain, 2 sestets made up of linked enclosed tercets, followed by
a refrain which is the repeat of the first line of each sestet.
metered at the discretion of the poet, lines should be similar length.
rhymed Abacbc Dedfef AD
The first line of each sestet are repeated in
refrain in the last couplet.

variable. The sonnet can be written with an alternate
rhyme scheme abacbC dedfeF CF
In this scenario the last line of each sestet
is repeated in refrain in the last couplet.

Example Poem:

Summer Camp Training (Cornish Sonnet)

There's no doubt that canoeing is out for this year, but the girls in the club are about to decide who can help with the wrestling and drinking of beer. I believe that deferring my diet 'til then is an act for the public; self trimming- denied. I'll be ready for drinking so we'll win again. And no gals will face me in the rasseling bout. Reinventing my self will begin the next day. I'll emerge to compete the next year, a trim scout. But then maybe I ought not be selfishly bent, for the team is in need of my girth and my sway, so forget it! This way I'll still get my own tent. There's no doubt that canoeing is out for this year. And no gals will face me in the rasseling bout.

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Blues Sonnet

The defining features of the Blues Sonnet are:

• a quatorzain made up of 4 triplets and a heroic couplet.
• oddly metric, in iambic pentameter. This is in contrast to the usual blue stanza which is accentual, with a more folksy rhythm. 
• rhymed, rhyme scheme AAa BBb CCc DDd ee.
• it is composed of 4 Blues Stanzas, L1 statement, L2 incremental repetition of L1, and L3 is a climactic parallel of the first 2 lines.
• pivot or volta should be in the last triplet. and ends in a declamatory couplet.

Example Poem:

November, 2012

Our country faces crisis we allowed.

My country faces crisis we allowed.

Our constitution has been disavowed.

With Czars a shadow government's emerged.

Unchecked, a shadow government's emerged.

Today our middle class has been submerged.

Our President wants full control right now.

The President wants full control right now.

Our freedom must be put aside somehow.

I write to share my fearful sad lament.

I want to share my fearful sad lament.

The takers want it all, and they're intent.

We need to muster every thinking vote.

for gimme-mores we know will vote by rote. 

(c) Lawrencealot - Novemeber 4, 2012

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