Envelope Sonnet

Envelope Sonnet

Type:	Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Isosyllabic, Pivot Requirement
Description:	An otherwise normal sonnet with rhyme scheme abbacddc efgefg or abbacddc efefef.
Schematic:	Rhyme scheme: abbacddc efgefg or abbacddc efefef Pivot: Between 8 and 9 Meter:  Iambic Pentameter, usually in English.

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Example Poem

Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers (Envelope Sonnet)

Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,

I ask that first you test your words alone.

If anger stems from blunder of my own

You'll want to be assured your meaning's clear.

If meaning's very clear, then is it fair?

Is it essential now that blame be found;

will such proceed toward a common ground?

Are these first words intended to repair?

Perhaps, the words should simply disappear

for now, until your anger can abate.

Let's lie together in our bed tonight

If I have stumbled I'll get straight, don't fear.

I'll listen, think, and I'll appreciate.

Speak whispers to me love, I'll make it right.

© Lawrencealot - Sept 2, 2012

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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