Writing Sonnets
In sonnet style-aabb44 total reviews
Comment from l.raven
Hi Jay, I tried writing sonnets at one time...
but I never finished them...they just didn't
sound right to me...
but you do a wonderful job at writing them...
and I enjoyed reading your sonnet poem...
very well written my sweet friend...
I love your poem...love Linda xxoo
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Hi Jay, I tried writing sonnets at one time...
but I never finished them...they just didn't
sound right to me...
but you do a wonderful job at writing them...
and I enjoyed reading your sonnet poem...
very well written my sweet friend...
I love your poem...love Linda xxoo
Comment Written 19-Sep-2023
Comment from estory
Sonnets are a form I have long admired, since first studying them at Hofstra University 40 years ago. You have a correct rhyme scheme here, but the meter is actually two syllables short. Sonnets are supposed to be in ten syllable lines though that can be stretched by poetic license. I have played around with my own rhyme scheme, an invention I call the Celtic Rose, in an abcd abcd abc abc patter, a bit of a shift from the traditional abab or abba patterns. Heaney was the master of the modern or contemporary sonnet, his Glanmore sonnets set the bar pretty high for the rest of us. estory
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Sonnets are a form I have long admired, since first studying them at Hofstra University 40 years ago. You have a correct rhyme scheme here, but the meter is actually two syllables short. Sonnets are supposed to be in ten syllable lines though that can be stretched by poetic license. I have played around with my own rhyme scheme, an invention I call the Celtic Rose, in an abcd abcd abc abc patter, a bit of a shift from the traditional abab or abba patterns. Heaney was the master of the modern or contemporary sonnet, his Glanmore sonnets set the bar pretty high for the rest of us. estory
Comment Written 23-Aug-2023
Comment from Pam (respa)
-Thanks for sharing your note and poem, jahybird.
-I enjoyed reading your sonnet.
-Effective imagery and rhyme create a positive mood.
-I agree that "Poetry has so much beauty."
-I like your third verse as you show us how
much you like to write this way, and have
a very good closing couplet to show why you do.
-Very well done. Have a great evening and rest of your week.
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-Thanks for sharing your note and poem, jahybird.
-I enjoyed reading your sonnet.
-Effective imagery and rhyme create a positive mood.
-I agree that "Poetry has so much beauty."
-I like your third verse as you show us how
much you like to write this way, and have
a very good closing couplet to show why you do.
-Very well done. Have a great evening and rest of your week.
Comment Written 22-Aug-2023
Comment from royowen
Although this is not strictly a sonnet, it's still a wise and wonderful work, full of good advice and simple philosophical thought that warms the cockles of one's heart, well done, blessings Roy
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Although this is not strictly a sonnet, it's still a wise and wonderful work, full of good advice and simple philosophical thought that warms the cockles of one's heart, well done, blessings Roy
Comment Written 22-Aug-2023
Comment from LJbutterfly
I don't write poetry, but to me, sonnets are like music without instruments. They flow and sway with a rhythmic beat as rhymes deliver stories and images. I deeply enjoy your sonnets of love and live. Thank you for sharing.
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I don't write poetry, but to me, sonnets are like music without instruments. They flow and sway with a rhythmic beat as rhymes deliver stories and images. I deeply enjoy your sonnets of love and live. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 22-Aug-2023
Comment from Gloria ....
Dear friend Jay. Always so good to hear from you. I have written hundreds of sonnets since joining FanStory, and I always admired yours, so I know how much your love is for the form.
Hope your day is going well, and many thanks for sharing. :)
Gloria
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Dear friend Jay. Always so good to hear from you. I have written hundreds of sonnets since joining FanStory, and I always admired yours, so I know how much your love is for the form.
Hope your day is going well, and many thanks for sharing. :)
Gloria
Comment Written 22-Aug-2023
Comment from dragonpoet
Hi Jay,
This is a fun sonnet which tells us about your favorite type of poem. I don't think this one is of any particular know sonnet style, but your own. I like this format too, but have a hard time with Shakespearean and Plutarchan sonnets because of the necessary use of iambic pentameter.
Keep writing and stay healhy
Enjoy your evening.
Joan
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Hi Jay,
This is a fun sonnet which tells us about your favorite type of poem. I don't think this one is of any particular know sonnet style, but your own. I like this format too, but have a hard time with Shakespearean and Plutarchan sonnets because of the necessary use of iambic pentameter.
Keep writing and stay healhy
Enjoy your evening.
Joan
Comment Written 22-Aug-2023
Comment from RainbewLatte
This is indeed good fun. And poetry does have so much beauty. Though I've never considered myself a poet (as I suppose I didn't find myself capable, my lexicon is minute), this poem brought to the forefront of my mind that perhaps I should try.
It's not exactly about good or bad. It's about emotion and feeling. That depth, whether an aching depth or, I suppose, in good fun,
Though perhaps not something I see as a starter, I will try the sonnet form, and maybe, indeed, it will be my cup of tea.
I find the statement on rhyme interesting. The best way to express what you want to say But I guess there's validity.
Thank you for taking the time to share this; it's a wonderful poem so skillfully written about poetry. May you write many more, and thanks!
Have a blessed day.
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This is indeed good fun. And poetry does have so much beauty. Though I've never considered myself a poet (as I suppose I didn't find myself capable, my lexicon is minute), this poem brought to the forefront of my mind that perhaps I should try.
It's not exactly about good or bad. It's about emotion and feeling. That depth, whether an aching depth or, I suppose, in good fun,
Though perhaps not something I see as a starter, I will try the sonnet form, and maybe, indeed, it will be my cup of tea.
I find the statement on rhyme interesting. The best way to express what you want to say But I guess there's validity.
Thank you for taking the time to share this; it's a wonderful poem so skillfully written about poetry. May you write many more, and thanks!
Have a blessed day.
Comment Written 22-Aug-2023
Comment from Willie P. Smith
I feel the same about poetry and Rhyming poetry is also my favorite form.
As you have probably noticed, my poems are usually around five stanzas
that rhyme. Probably very boring for some. Good work, old friend.
Willie
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I feel the same about poetry and Rhyming poetry is also my favorite form.
As you have probably noticed, my poems are usually around five stanzas
that rhyme. Probably very boring for some. Good work, old friend.
Willie
Comment Written 22-Aug-2023
Comment from lyenochka
I'm glad to see you posting and writing poetry. I haven't seen a sonnet in eight syllable lines but that could be something you created. And I hope you keep up writing them and sharing!
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I'm glad to see you posting and writing poetry. I haven't seen a sonnet in eight syllable lines but that could be something you created. And I hope you keep up writing them and sharing!
Comment Written 21-Aug-2023
