Created by: Larry EberhartStructure: Couplet, tercet, quatrain, tercet, and a coupletMeter: 8 to 13 syllable lines,Rhyme Scheme: aa bbb cccc bbb aa Example Child by Mary Sullivan Boren I’m saving treasures in a dresser drawer:a diaper pin, the little shoes you wore with jingles in the laces, a barrettestill clasping strands of wispy hair. They … Continue reading Transitive Sonnet Notes
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Tory Hexa Tet Sonnet Notes
Created by: Victoria SuttonStructure: Octet, Couplet, and quatrainMeter: first eight lines, 12 syllables, couplet, 8 syllables, last four lines,12 syllablesRhyme Scheme: ababcdcd ee ffgg Example Just Makin’ Hay by Larry Eberhart Three guys wouldn’t touch me until I turned eight-teen.Although my virgin license long ago expired.The young bucks were delighted with a teeny queen.The mature … Continue reading Tory Hexa Tet Sonnet Notes
Sonnet Reversed Notes
Created by: Rupert BrookeStructure: Couplet and 3 quatrainsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aa bcbddedefgfg Example Sonnet Reversed by Rupert Brooke Hand trembling towards hand; the amazing lightsOf heart and eye. They stood on supreme heights. Ah, the delirious weeks of honeymoon!Soon they returned, and, after strange adventures,Settled at Balham by the end of June.Their money … Continue reading Sonnet Reversed Notes
Sephallian Reverse Sonnet Notes
Created by: Dennis NguyenStructure: QuatrazainMeter: No meter specifiedRhyme Scheme: abcdeedcbaffaAdditional Notes: when read from the top has a pessimistic tone, when read from the bottom it is more optimistic Example A Measure of Character by Larry Eberhart What you are told in confidenceif you hold secret to your breastreward will flow in unknown ways.An urge … Continue reading Sephallian Reverse Sonnet Notes
Salamander’s Fireburst Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or tetrameterRhyme Scheme: abcb acdc aded ae (c and d rhymes should be feminine) Example Tramp Stamp 777LLY by Larry Eberhart I don’t know why my daddy named his car.He named it Lilly, and my mom don’t care.He says she’s has a soft … Continue reading Salamander’s Fireburst Notes
Rime Royal Sonnet Notes
Structure: 14-line stanzaMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: ababbccdedeeff Example The Prioress’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Domine, dominus noster. O Lord, Our Lord, Thy name how marvelousIs spread through all this mighty world,” said she“For not alone Thy praise so gloriousIs given by men of worth and dignity,But from the mouths of children Thy bountyIs hymned, … Continue reading Rime Royal Sonnet Notes
Refrained Sonnet Notes
Created by: Lisa MorrisStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abba cbbc dbbd bbAdditional Notes: The first four syllables of line one, are repeated in lines 5 and 9.The fourth syllable of the refrain establishes the b-rhyme Example I Did Not Go by Lisa Morris I did not go with thoughts of … Continue reading Refrained Sonnet Notes
Hybrid Sonnet Notes
Created by: Possibly John DonneStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abba abba cdcd ee Example Holy Sonnet # 1 by John Donne Thou hast made me, and shall Thy work decay?Repair me now, for now mine end doth haste;I run to death, and Death meets me as fast,And all my pleasures … Continue reading Hybrid Sonnet Notes
Rosarian Sonnet Notes
Rosarian Sonnet 1 Structure: Two quintains and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aabcc ddbee fggf Example Parasite by Jez Farmer I treasured you; my heart became your hostWith love declared yet you hurt me the mostYour eyes couldn’t see any good in meMy pain commenced with your glances of hateBut you said you loved … Continue reading Rosarian Sonnet Notes
Folded Sonnet Notes
Created by: Barry HopkinsStructure: 12 Line stanzaMeter: Heptameter or 14-syllable linesRhyme Scheme: aabbccddeeff Example A Black Narcissus Fantasy by Larry Eberhart Jejunity’s absent from every verse that poet pensImmunity from boredom is a treat his work portends.Self-deprecating humor laced with frequent badinageO’er shadows grand intelligence he tries to camouflage.He teaches while he plays with words, … Continue reading Folded Sonnet Notes
Balesian Sonnet Notes
Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abba cddc effe ggNotes: an English-style sonnet in that it is three quatrains and a heroic couplet, but the quatrains are Italian rather than Sicilian in their rhyme schemes. Pivot somewhere between lines 9 and 13. Example Dare to Dream by Jez Farmer She left … Continue reading Balesian Sonnet Notes
Romblomanon Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Quatrain, couplet and two quatrainsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaaa bb cccc dddd Example required Page Turning by Jez Farmer New adventures at the turn of a pageThe excitement that’s untarnished by ageImagination sparks a reader’s wageReality left behind in life’s cage My body remains curled up in a … Continue reading Romblomanon Sonnet Notes
Wordsworth’s Sonnet Notes
Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abba acca dede ff Example Inside Darkness by Jez Farmer Inside the statued gardens where tears fallThe final words before eternal flameThat stand alone to face the grief and shameNowhere to hide the soul must bare its all.All wrongs in deed and word, both large … Continue reading Wordsworth’s Sonnet Notes
Walian Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jez FarmerStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: varied meterRhyme Scheme: abab bcbc cdcd eeNotes: Iambic tetrameter with a line of iambic dimeter every fourth line, couplet tetrameter and dimeter/both dimeter or both tetrameter Example Triquetra by Jez Farmer Maiden I see through eyes of youth,And watch you grow in lunar dreams,I see you … Continue reading Walian Sonnet Notes
Quatern Sonnet Notes
Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: 8 syllablesRhyme Scheme: Axxx xAxx xxAx xAExtra Notes: The Refrain is the first line of the first stanza, and becomes the second line of the second stanza, the third line of the third stanza, and the last line of the couplet Example Clipt by Jez Farmer She stole his … Continue reading Quatern Sonnet Notes
Tuckerman’s Sonnet Notes
Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abbabcab adeced Example Resurrection by Jez Farmer The rain is crying outside the steel gates;Inside there is no loving forgivenessAs evil dines on our righteous progressWe’re naught but pawns as love disintegrates.The father sky sheds tears of pure duressHis naked bride is torn of all but prideAs … Continue reading Tuckerman’s Sonnet Notes
Triolet Sonnet Notes
Structure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic linesRhyme Scheme: ABaAab ABaAab AB Example In Scrying Pools by Jez Farmer Silently sat beneath moonlightthe air is sweet with jasmine's scentI look into the waters of night.Silently sat beneath moonlightand there I see you in my sightmy lady hears my heart's lamentSilently sat beneath moonlightthe … Continue reading Triolet Sonnet Notes
Philippine Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M. Reyes Philippine Sonnet 1Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaaa bbbb aaaa cc Example Whisper to the Trees by Jez Farmer The late autumn sun kissed the forest floorAnd glistened between fallen leaves and sporeThe vibrant colours of woodland décorPerfect beauty no man could ask for … Continue reading Philippine Sonnet Notes
Tennyson’s Sonnet Notes
Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: A1bA2bcddc efeA2A1f Queen of Night by Jez Farmer Despite the worst of me, I feel her loveA gentle kiss that stole my lonely tearsTo ease my mind from storms that rage aboveThe night; yet still her hand calmed all my fearsOh sweet the love that brings me … Continue reading Tennyson’s Sonnet Notes
Spenserian Sonnet Notes
Named for Edmund SpenserStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abab bcbc cdcd ee Example Cherry Blossom by Jez Farmer I see your face before my waiting eyesHow does my pen such beauty thus convey?The cherry blossom floating in blue skiesOutdone, as smiles upon your lips now playThe summer sun is not … Continue reading Spenserian Sonnet Notes
Paulo Comitatu Sonnet Notes
Created by: Larry EberhartStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: See additional notesRhyme Scheme: abbb accc deee ddAdditional Notes: This sonnet is composed of 3 quatrains, the first line of each being iambic pentameter or tetrameter, and the next three being one foot less (tetrameter or trimeter). Example Lunchtime Blues by Jez Farmer In the queue … Continue reading Paulo Comitatu Sonnet Notes
Sonetto Rispetto Notes
Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abababcc defdef Example And All Because by Jez Farmer The sweetest velvet in a tempting kissThat coyly hides behind a crispy shellYet it beckons one’s heart beat to missFor delight entices desire to swellCan a friendship lead to better than this?Is a single truffle enough to tellWhat … Continue reading Sonetto Rispetto Notes
Soneto Cinco Cuatro y Cinco Notes
Structure: Quintain, quatrain and quintainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abbaa ccdd eeffe Example The Poet's Song (in tetrameter) by Jez Farmer A distant echo over timeThe single voice that none could hearThe whisper silenced by my fearA voice which called me out in rhymeAs ink revealed the hidden crime.Two voices that should speak as oneYet … Continue reading Soneto Cinco Cuatro y Cinco Notes
Shelley’s Sonnet
Percy Bysshe Shelly seemed to have a fondness for interlocking stanzas, possibly a nod to French literature. In his sonnet, he follows the continental octave and sestet format, but he also links the first four lines into the second half of the octave, again the second half of the octave links into the first half … Continue reading Shelley’s Sonnet
It Goes So Fast
A gentle sun rises in early spring To bid farewell to the cold winter days And the garden shines in daffodil haze Where bluebells will glow and the songbirds sing...
Schupan’s Sonnet Notes
Structure: Two sestets and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abccba deffed gg Example Silver Willow by Jez Farmer The willow leaves take on a silver glowAs lunar light foretells of love tonightThat speaks without uttering worldly soundAnd leaves the senses rippling to the groundIn lucent passions the soul makes its flightBeneath the boughs of … Continue reading Schupan’s Sonnet Notes
Nevada Sonnet Notes
Structure: QuatorzainMeter: heptameter or 14-syllable linesRhyme scheme: Any or blank verseAdditional Notes: Consistent internal rhyme occurring at the same syllable in each line Example Turning the Page by Jez Farmer Wanton desire to find my pleasure in the comfy nookInhaling fiery delights hidden in the mysteryTo then aspire to the intimate touch of true romanceHeld … Continue reading Nevada Sonnet Notes
Sapphic Ode Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jeff GreenStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic lines (see additional notes)Rhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef ggAdditional Notes: Example French Cologne by Jez Farmer As tears replaced the kiss of loveWith long nights of sleeping aloneThat grasp the lingering scent ofA French cologne.The study books can’t hold my mindMy heart is … Continue reading Sapphic Ode Sonnet Notes
Rubaiyat Sonnet Notes
Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc aa Example A Blessing by Jez Farmer From out of darkness Mother, we call thee!In stormy winds, reveal thy destinyAmid the holy fire and cleansing flameRelease a crying soul and set it free.With pow’rs of seas we pray our ways reclaimFor we … Continue reading Rubaiyat Sonnet Notes
Rondel Prime Sonnet Notes
Created by: Clemont MarotStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic linesRhyme Scheme: ABbaabAB abbaAB Example A Devon Lass by Jez Farmer A Devon lass was Mary Read,Raised as a lad the pirate queen,All for her mother's wish to succeed,To the world a boy was she seen,Elizabethan trews were her screen,So male in dress, in thought … Continue reading Rondel Prime Sonnet Notes
Mystique’s Mini Sonnet Notes
Created by: Alberto J. Alvarez GStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7 6/6/7/7 7/7Rhyme scheme: Aabb cccc Aacc dd Example Time Goes By by Jez Farmer Greying hair speaks of timeYears gone by in their primeYet eyes sparkle with mischiefRevealing inner beliefThe memories remainIn happiness and painOf sunny days before rainReliving it all againGreying … Continue reading Mystique’s Mini Sonnet Notes
Raven’s Rovi Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jez FarmerStructure: Two septetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abacdcd (abcde)ee The Rovi Sonnet was inspired by Ivor Hogg’s Ivorian sonnet form. As I like balance I have divided the sonnet into two septets the first being formed of a triplet and a quatrain, the second a quintain and a couplet. As Ivor set … Continue reading Raven’s Rovi Sonnet Notes
Morya’s Double Lock Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Two quatrains plus two tercetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abba baab cdc dcd Example Truth of Darkness by Jez Farmer There is no beginning without an endA flower can’t bloom unless winter diesAnd the seed awakens from dreamy sighsAnd tendrils of life through the cold earth wendFor deep in … Continue reading Morya’s Double Lock Sonnet Notes
Mirrored Seven Sonnet Notes
Mirrored Seven Sonnet NotesCreated by: John ThompsonStructure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: 7 syllables per lineRhyme scheme: abab cdeedc baba Example Venice by Jez Farmer Echoes of love reflect in stillnessWhere else but here, this place of art and loveAnd memories still dance in their shrillnessAs lilies float by holding my dreams ofYou and I, and … Continue reading Mirrored Seven Sonnet Notes
Pushkin’s Sonnet Notes
Pushkin's Sonnet NotesCreated by: Alexander PushkinStructure: Two quatrains and a sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abab ccdd effegg Example Hedonistic Psyche by Jez Farmer Take hold my hand and let me lead the wayAnd whisper in my ear of all you desireAs if my kiss can tell you what to sayWhen lips linger longer to … Continue reading Pushkin’s Sonnet Notes
Pope John XXXIII Sonnet Notes
Structure: aaaa bbbb cc ddddMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrain Example Beloved by Jez Farmer The love you gave me like golden sunshine;You kept me safe and taught me ways divine,My rock when only darkness felt like mineI pray my hand is still held within thine.Those days, beloved, when … Continue reading Pope John XXXIII Sonnet Notes
Polynesian Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaxa bbxb ccxc dd Example Divine Horses by Jez Farmer Where wild horses thunder she can be foundBestowing to our kings the royal ground,Their oath as solemn as any marriage vowIn ancient rites by which they are still bound.If flowing … Continue reading Polynesian Sonnet Notes
Persepolis Sonnet Notes
Created by: Leny RooversStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Octave 11 syllable lines, Sestet decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aabbccdd efgefg Example Taking Chances by Jez Farmer A doorway to where, a mystery to goA ready-made adventure and who’s to knowWhat lies just beyond this, an unopened doorI don’t know as I haven’t been there beforeYet anticipation tingles … Continue reading Persepolis Sonnet Notes
Hyper Sonnet Notes
Created by: Marnie KanarekStructure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: varied meterRhyme scheme: axa axa xaa xaa aaExtra Notes: A chain of four tercets wherethe first line is iambic pentameter,second line is iambic tetrameter,and third line is iambic trimeter,and ending with an iambic pentameter couplet Example It’s Our Fault by Jez Farmer Only the ancient ones … Continue reading Hyper Sonnet Notes
Passion Sonnet Notes
Created by: Victoria SuttonStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: a1ba2B bcBc Bdbd a1a2 Example Pure Love by Jez Farmer This moment of love so long waited forWhen all the pain and fear melt into timeA moment when life is simple and pureThe world is silent for his sound to chimeA baby’s … Continue reading Passion Sonnet Notes
Pantoum Sonnet Notes
Created by: Terry ClitheroeStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic linesRhyme Scheme: A1B1A2B2 B1C1B2C2 C1dC2d A2A1 Example Tears of Rain by Jez Farmer My heart encased in carapaceNo longer can love cause me painMy eyes are blind to all that laceWhilst tears are only caused by rain.No longer can love cause me painAs … Continue reading Pantoum Sonnet Notes
Nightingale Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jez FarmerStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Nine syllable linesRhyme Scheme: axxb axcb xcxb ac Example Oracle by Jez Farmer The quest for answers lost over timeInquiries made in realms of darknessWaiting for the voice of wisdom to speakAnd solve the mysteries of the heart.She sleeps through the years biding her timeDark lady … Continue reading Nightingale Sonnet Notes
Malayan Wave Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc dd Example On Travel Sickness by Jez Farmer The night before brings those feelings of dreadNightmares started before I go to bedIn queasy visions involving the carThey swirl in dizzy thoughts around my headNo matter how near, … Continue reading Malayan Wave Sonnet Notes
New Zealand Sonnet Notes
Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abab bbcc cdcd ee Example The White Stag by Jez Farmer Beside the dreamy streams he stands alone,The fires of lightning sparking in his eye,As the white stag comes to the sacred stoneThe Sun-god smiles wherever ravens fly,Like a mountain reaching for misty skyProudly stands … Continue reading New Zealand Sonnet Notes
Mathlish Sonnet Notes
Structure: Triplet, couplet, triplet, couplet and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaa bb ccc dd abab Example I Know You Are There by Jez Farmer The calm before the storm, I feel the fearThat presence drawing closer, drawing nearWith silent footsteps that I cannot seeI feel its icy breath move against meAlone in darkness … Continue reading Mathlish Sonnet Notes
Cymraeg Soned Notes
Created by Jez Farmer, the Cymraeg Soned reflects traditional Welsh poetry with the quatrains written as awdl gwydd and the couplet as a cyhydedd fer Adwdl Gwydd Each stanza is a quatrain of seven syllables. Lines two and four rhyme and lines one and three cross rhyme into either syllable two, three, four or five … Continue reading Cymraeg Soned Notes
Kal’s Wondercloth Weave Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abcb bcdc cded de Example Good Without God by Jez Farmer Does his soul still linger on the BeagleAnd does he still sail to far away islesWhere scientific truth spoke on a finch’s beakAs we look at religion with knowing smilesCreationism … Continue reading Kal’s Wondercloth Weave Sonnet Notes
Mirrored 18-Line Sonnet Notes
Structure: Octet, couplet and octetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbaabba cc abbaabba Example Ancient Drum by Jez Farmer Across the savannah echo ancient drumThe spirit of nature dancing on grassYet mankind comes invading en masseHe’s taking her beauty and still He comeAcross the plains where the dry grasses humWill this invader e’er run out of … Continue reading Mirrored 18-Line Sonnet Notes
Miltonic Sonnet Notes
Created by: John MiltonStructure: QuatorzainMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbabbacdecde Example On His Blindness by John Milton When I consider how my light is spent,ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,And that one talent which is death to hideLodged with the useless, though my soul more bentto serve therewith my Maker, and … Continue reading Miltonic Sonnet Notes
Melenesian Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic LinesRhyme scheme: aabaaaba aababb Example A Simple Flash! By Larry Eberhart She thinks perhaps I dream of her at nightand miss her when she’s somewhere out of sight.She believes that somehow I deserve respectand am her thoughtful brave and charming knight.She thinks it’s fun to … Continue reading Melenesian Sonnet Notes
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