Can be played to a tattoo march in 4/4 time. Prum pum pum pum pum….. Prum pum pum pum pum….. Prum pum pum pum pum….. More analysis and permutations to follow in a few hours…okay well, it’s been a day. (not in a coma, but close)
I couldn’t quite keep the sonnet or haiku formatting without making the rhythmic presentation confusing, therefore I have just inserted both entries into a table.
First the sonnet:
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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I’ll |
an |
-swer |
ev(e) |
-ry |
call, |
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Though |
I |
know |
I |
Might |
die |
quick |
-ly; |
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yet |
I |
will |
an |
-swer |
still. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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While |
know |
-ing |
I |
could |
fall, |
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and |
al- |
-though |
I |
Might |
be |
sick |
-ly; |
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yet |
an |
-swer |
them |
I |
will. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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Ev |
-en |
if |
I |
am |
a |
-lone, |
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I’ll |
an |
-swer |
With |
con |
-vic |
-tion; |
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Nor |
e |
-ven |
hes |
-i |
-tate. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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‘Til |
our |
ty |
-rants’ |
o |
-ver |
-thrown, |
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no |
plans |
or |
Der |
-e |
-lic |
-tion, |
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will |
keep |
me |
from |
their |
gate. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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If |
we |
are |
in |
chains, |
and |
none |
are |
free, |
for |
Life |
is |
emp |
-ty, |
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I’ll |
e |
-ven |
fight |
my |
kin. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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Doubt |
-less, |
’til |
re |
mains, |
-up |
-on |
the |
sea |
or |
Land, |
of |
them, |
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we |
have |
scat |
-tered |
to |
the |
wind. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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Free, |
is |
this, |
my |
land; |
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joined, |
but |
not |
by |
chains; |
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‘Til |
no |
man |
can |
stand; |
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‘Til |
no |
man |
re |
-mains. |
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Perhaps the final couplet could be used as a cadence/chorus.
And here is the haiku in similar format:
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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This |
is |
what |
was |
true, |
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in |
that |
mo |
-ment |
when |
I |
knew: |
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I |
knew |
I |
would |
go; |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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Hear |
the |
call |
and |
know |
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that |
my |
du |
-ty |
would |
lie |
here |
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If |
the |
call |
were |
near. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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Mine |
or |
for |
my |
own, |
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If |
I |
had |
to |
act |
a |
-lone, |
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whe |
-ther |
I |
was |
sick, |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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If |
my |
death |
were |
quick, |
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I |
would |
not |
ac |
-cept |
a |
cage. |
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Nev |
-er |
mind |
my |
age. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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I |
could |
not |
for |
-give, |
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for |
I |
know |
I |
can |
not |
live |
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with |
my |
life |
in |
doubt. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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En |
-e |
-mies |
with |
-out, |
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kill |
them; |
e |
-ven |
if |
our |
kin, |
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en |
-e |
-mies |
with |
-in. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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Free |
this |
land |
shall |
be |
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From |
the |
sea |
to |
shi |
-ning |
sea. |
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We |
shall |
car |
-ry |
on. |
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Prum |
pum |
pum |
pum |
Pumm |
… |
… |
… |
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Free |
-dom, |
ne |
-ver |
free, |
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It |
is |
your, |
and |
my, |
dec |
-ree |
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‘Til |
we’re |
dead |
and |
gone. |
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This project brings to light another relationship between sonnets and haiku. Two haiku can be plucked out of each couplet of a sonnet, and/or two haiku can stand in for each couplet of a sonnet padded by syllables on either side. A couplet is 20 syllables and a haiku is 17. It would be an interesting project to compose a sonnet. out of seven haiku, using that idea, and compose a sequence of 7 haiku from a sonnet.
Perhaps there will be a couple of sonnets and a haiku in the days to come using that method. It sounds Like it would be fun.
I’ve recently thought that one could write a sonnet in blank verse (non-rhyming iambic pentameter) and then arrange the rhymes afterward. That, too, would be an interesting project. I think I’m going to do both of these, or rather, all three of these, in the near future.