…hands, as did my sweetheart request.
The link to the series you will find here: https://davidemeron.com/tag/zsefv34-s/
As ever, this link will read these entries from bottom to top, with, of course, the newest on top.
Tag Archives: Sonnet Writing
The Inverse:
And for the inverse, I offer up the following:
- C 1 (14
- A 1 (7
- B 1 (8
- A 2 (5
- C 2 (9
.- B 2 (6
- A 3 (2
- B 3 (3
- C 3 (4
.- E 1 (13
- D 2 (12
- D 2 (10
- E 1 (11
- C 4 (1
Interpret it as you will! No, I relent. As in the previous example, the columns are:
- line number,
- lettered rhymescheme,
- numbered instance of each rhyme, staggered for easier reading,
- and finally, a number designation of each discrete rhyming word.
Sonnet: (template) ((More “Etudes” comming))…
This… is evidently the way in which I avoid working on my poetry. As well, this is evidently the way in which I avoid working on my sonnet site. Am I the archetypal mismatcher–the quintessential oppositional personality? I shall let you be the judge.
In any event, I offer up the following for your consideration:
- C 1 (1
- A 1 (2
- B 1 (3
- C 2 (4
.- A 2 (5
- B 2 (6
- A 3 (7
- B 3 (8
- C 3 (9
.- D 1 (10
- E 1 (11
- D 2 (12
- E 2 (13
- C 4 (14
Recently I have experimented with Italian varieties wherein the lines numbered 9 and 14 rhyme. The above is an attempt to create a unique form specific to this idea rather than simply modifying the Petrarchan (Italian) scheme. My only quandary now, is what to call it…. “Northwestern” perhaps? “Portlandian?” “455,” as in “four five five?”
So, while taking…
…a bit of a break, I thought I might write a few words regarding the sequence I have been writing. This is has been an interesting sequence for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that I am writing it from my sweetheart’s perspective. This can be somewhat vexing; one does not wish to appear to be sounding ones own clarion, as it were. Therefore, in the interest of the avoidance of an excess of self-aggrandisement, I have endeavoured to keep to quotes and memories of conversations and notes and letters that I have over the years received. In this way I may use and/or paraphrase the words of others–particularly those of my sweet love, rather than my own. Even then, it does strike one as rather embarrassing to write such things about oneself. Continue reading
Part V of the…
…slowly unfolding female series, is rather an interesting one technically. Composed, including its title, of word-count based haiku, which, as I have discovered lately can be written in iambic pentameter. 10 syllables per line, with 5 iambic feet, which consist of a feminine (unaccented) syllable followed by a masculine (accented.) I do love additional constraints, they almost always make for an interesting sound, even if clarity is an even greater challenge. Continue reading
I’m behind, due to the hollidays…..
However I do have coma works, although I shall endeavour to catch myself up tomorrow, before resorting to using them. In the future, I believe I’ll keep them physically queued, however I haven’t yet made provisions for this as of yet. I am still ironing out the details regarding how this should be done.
Something old, something new…
While I meditate on entry VI, which is a bit more demanding, here is V. This was four short quatrains with no particular rhythm, but with the rhyme scheme you see here. It was satisfying–and pleasureable–to expand the lines. Now, they conatain what they were meant originally to express–though more minimal. I like this result. I’ll sleep on the next entry some more tonight.
David Emeron: Sonnets 