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Post by Lisa Arnold on Jul 7, 2008 0:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by heart2heart on Jul 7, 2008 4:40:42 GMT -5
To write a Petrarchan Sonnet is never easy dear Lisa ! The experts say it is the most difficult form ! Can we choose any subject to write about ? Katriona
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Jul 7, 2008 9:05:05 GMT -5
yes, any subject is fine... oh yes I know it is a very difficult form, I meant that some members were perhaps more used to writing them than others... good luck and thanks again for the idea!
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Post by rrw on Jul 7, 2008 14:10:45 GMT -5
Well, I tried my hand at it and it's hard. I think I did it right... there were suggested different was to do the last 6 lines... I chose the standard Shakespearean sonnet form: cdcdee, which was used before Willie by English writers.
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Post by heart2heart on Jul 8, 2008 6:22:54 GMT -5
I agree that the rhyming scheme in the sestet is tricky for the Petrarchan, I am just adding this for anyone who is not aware, because one can choose a variety of schemes for the sestet at the end (link: www.sonnets.org/basicforms.htm) I. The Italian (or Petrarchan) Sonnet: The basic meter of all sonnets in English is iambic pentameter (basic information on iambic pentameter), although there have been a few tetrameter and even hexameter sonnets, as well. The Italian sonnet is divided into two sections by two different groups of rhyming sounds. The first 8 lines is called the octave and rhymes: a b b a a b b a The remaining 6 lines is called the sestet and can have either two or three rhyming sounds, arranged in a variety of ways: c d c d c d c d d c d c c d e c d e c d e c e d c d c e d cHeart2Heart
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Post by b4sunset on Jul 9, 2008 11:22:48 GMT -5
I know, i know... this is going to be a challenge for me.. let me get my brains, lol!
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Post by rrw on Jul 13, 2008 15:26:38 GMT -5
This was a great challenge for us ALL! I see a lot of hard work on everybody's part. Well done, poets!
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