Stuffing it In
Stuffing it InToday I think that I shall do a sonnet:Ill see to it before the mornings out.Just one word rhymes with sonnet, but no doubta slant can be insinuated--Done it!So far so good. Enjambment...
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Hi David,Re L12-14 -- perhaps:"Some sonnets are like garments ladies buy--especially Im thinking underwear.At times the bulges overcome the corset."Best Regards, Crispin Read More
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Higrrrr...irritatingly clever - loved this one - a delightful last lineCheersAlan
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The last line made me laugh. I wish "don it" were in there somewhere.
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Yep! That'll just about do it. Hmmm... I think you must have written the odd sonnet before?As Crispin...Read More
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David--Ab fab, as the ancients would say. KAT says that if you don't watch out you'll be presented in Dueling Sonnets against the US Laureate, Billy Collins, or perhaps Willy Wordsworth -- but I think...
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Remarkable.Demonstrating all the elements of sonnetry in a mere 14 lines.(I do think, though, that Dutch has made some good suggestions regarding the final lines.)
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Enjoyed this ... um ... immensely, David, 'specially lines 8 and 14. Great title, too. No doubt L12's bulge is intentional, but I still can't...Read More
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Many thanks for the positive feedback; much appreciated.Just touching on the subject of opening trochaic inversions (eg L12), these have been around since Shakespeare's day, and in most circles...
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Agreed. A good handle on standard meter is a necessity if one is going to understand the nuts & bolts of sonnetry, but we can't expect the poet (& we are talking poetry, not mechanics) to...
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More power to ya -- to each his own. Hopefully your well-stocked poetic arsenal allows for the fact that, scholarly justification notwithstanding, trochaic inversions remain a mood-killer for some of...
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Yeah, I know, Mary.I'm sorry you found my comments patronising.I wouldn't have made them, except I believe there was reason for doing so.Best regards,David
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I love people who apologise, esecially when they say frank human things like your last comment, David. Hugs. The soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Thanks, David. I think we can easily agree that each of us puts forth comment because we believe there is a reason for doing so. I'm sorry if I overreacted. No hard feelings.Mary
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