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

13 Line Sonnet

The 13 Line Sonnet  is a from created by Marcy Jarvis, aka ea of Allpoetry.

The defining characteristic of the form is that any standard fourteen line sonnet which ends in a

rhyming couplet, is converted to 13 lines by provided internal rhyme within that line.

The poet may use flexibility in selecting  rhyming syllables to accommodate feminine rhyme or the meter chosen.

Obviously this cannot be applied to an Italian Sonnet with prohibits final couplet rhyme.

Note also that if the poet chooses a sonnet form like the Betwixt Sonnet, which requires the couplet to rhyme with an earlier line, ( In this case abba cbbc dbbc bb ) the 13th line rhymes must match that specified rhyme.

Example Poem

Shall I Be Ruled

A sonnet dear, you most completely write

on tablet made of stone, already lined. 

That's all she expects from bards of realm. 

The gods decreed that maiden shall be mine. 

Expand, compress; do both and overwhelm. 

In winning, might I still chalk up a loss? 

By bending early to controlling will 

do I establish pretty maid as boss? 

Will all my future journeys be uphill? 

Forsooth! I'll take the maid! I'm not afraid. 

 © Lawrencealot January 1, 2013

Storm Sonnet

This is a sonnet form created by Mark A. Whittington-Buckley, aka Stormy22 on Allpoetry.

This is a stanzaic sonnet consisting of 3 quatrains and a couplet

The rhyme pattern is abcc deff ghii jj

It is normally written in iambic pentameter

But the poet may choose trochaic , (the poet may also choose to pen in tetrameter)

The volta or turn is to occur at or following line 9.

Example Poem

We've Been Big-Bangwashed   (Storm Sonnet )

When theories become so manifest

To question. is to don the dunces cap,

the cliques and guilds are apt to take offense

at any view , to them not making sense.

Advanced math models beyond reason's realm

with black unknowns PROVE model is correct.

The Big old Bang promoted as though law

is theory, and now we've found a flaw.

When Hubble  posited the universe

expands, deduce from Doppler  measurements

now known to scientists as the red-shift

it "proved" the model was their greatest gift.

But now clear thinking folks have found indeed,

that other forces add to red-shift speed.

  © Lawrencealot - February 24, 2012

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Luc Bat Sonnet

A Vietnamese Luc Bat Sonnet a (ab) b (bc) c (cd) d (de) e (ef) f (fg) g (ga) Luc Bat means six eight. The lines are alternating six and eight syllables. The sixth syllable of every line is a rhyme.  Every second (even numbered) line has two rhymes, on on the sixth syllable with the line before and one on the eighth syllable that rhymes with the line after.
 Example Poem

 Names at Work   (Luc Bat Sonnet)
 I worked with Harry Balls
 and sometimes took his calls in fact,
 and handled them with tact.
 'Twas not always exactly fun,
 but Shanda had begun
 to ask to see the one so named,
innuendos untamed.
 The girl was unashamed for sure.
 Oh yes, I took the lure.
 She broadcast such allure it seems
 she'd fostered many dreams.
 Her tight clothes stretched their seams I fear.
 Her name was Shanda Lear
 and she lit up our workplace stalls.

 © Lawrencealot - February 25, 2013 Visual Template

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Stefanile Triadic Sonnet

An American Sonnet form which divides into 3 sections with a central Octave.

Form Type: Metrical
Origins: American
Creator: Felix Stefanile
Number of Lines: 14
Rhyme Scheme: a,b,a-b,c,c,d,b,b,d,e-f,e,f
Meter: Iambic Pentameter


Rules
1. The form divides into three sections. There should be no enjambment over these sections. They are as follows:

a) The first part is a triplet which ryhmes a,b,a. This section sets the theme for the content of the sonnet and is formed as a statement.
b) The second section is an octave rhyming b,c,c,d,b,b,d,e this elborates on the theme and enhances it.
c) The final triplet rhymes f,e,f. This provides the resolution of the sonnet in a similar fashion to the final couplet in a Shakespearian Sonnet.

2. The poem should be constructed using Iambic Pentameter.

Example Poem

Static

I don't have noises dancing through my head 

as other people attest that they do 

except sometimes when I'm ensconced in bed. 

My schemes to find the perfect girl to wed, 

or fights to right the wrongs of city woes,

or dramas brought while teenage daughter grows

are now behind me.  Can't believe the peace. 

I live in now, just plan a bit ahead.

The mental noise begins when I'm in bed. 

It's fun sometimes, and sometimes just won't cease. 

The static's streaming from my muse somewhere. 

I grab one random thought and get on it. 

Forsake the bed (retired, it's always there.) 

and try to write a Triadic sonnet. 

© Lawrencealot - January 21, 2013

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