The sonnet form for this round is the SPENSERIAN SONNET.
The site allows me to give only two weeks but I want to give three weeks. I want you to have enough time to do write a good sonnet. So will extend at the two week period if necessary.
Old Poetry has numerous examples of Spenser's sonnets, but they are in middle English and therefore difficult to read. JUST REMEMBER that the Spenserian sonnet is much the same as the English sonnet with a different rhyme scheme. My favorite on Old Poetry is Sonnet XXVI (26)
link: http://oldpoetry/opoem/1804-Edmund-Spenser-sonnet-XXVI
Those poets moving on from Round 2 are:
monkus666
Duana
Margaret G
buggirl
passim
Pamela Lamppa
masterblaster
ea
Kiusha
maa
I am allowing Prewrites and two poems to the entrant.
Rewards for this round:
GOLD TROPHY 500 points
SILVER TROPHY 250 points
BRONZE TROPHY 100 pooints
I will read and score each entry upon submission,but my only comment will be that I have read and scored. I will continue to score the poems on the 100 points system, and every poem scoring over 90 points will be put on the finalists list.
Editing is permissable until the contest closes. I will offer NO HELP. Please do not ask, I will feel bad in refusing.
RULES:
1. MUST FOLLOW the format and standards for the Spenserian sonnet. Be careful. Do not mix the Spenserian sonnet with the Spenserian stanza.
2. Accepting 2 poems per entrant.
3. Most points are awarded for meter, rhyme, and format. Watch that.
4. I deduct points for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
5. No fancy fonts
6. NO PICTURES, The poem must stand on its own.
7. Keep the language clean.
8. Sonnets are not meant to be Gothic, dark dark, etc. Keep the subject that which you would allow your twelve year old to read.
The last two rounds were so great, I am really looking forward to see what can be done in this round. This one is a challenge!
The site allows me to give only two weeks but I want to give three weeks. I want you to have enough time to do write a good sonnet. So will extend at the two week period if necessary.
Old Poetry has numerous examples of Spenser's sonnets, but they are in middle English and therefore difficult to read. JUST REMEMBER that the Spenserian sonnet is much the same as the English sonnet with a different rhyme scheme. My favorite on Old Poetry is Sonnet XXVI (26)
link: http://oldpoetry/opoem/1804-Edmund-Spenser-sonnet-XXVI
Those poets moving on from Round 2 are:
monkus666
Duana
Margaret G
buggirl
passim
Pamela Lamppa
masterblaster
ea
Kiusha
maa
I am allowing Prewrites and two poems to the entrant.
Rewards for this round:
GOLD TROPHY 500 points
SILVER TROPHY 250 points
BRONZE TROPHY 100 pooints
I will read and score each entry upon submission,but my only comment will be that I have read and scored. I will continue to score the poems on the 100 points system, and every poem scoring over 90 points will be put on the finalists list.
Editing is permissable until the contest closes. I will offer NO HELP. Please do not ask, I will feel bad in refusing.
RULES:
1. MUST FOLLOW the format and standards for the Spenserian sonnet. Be careful. Do not mix the Spenserian sonnet with the Spenserian stanza.
2. Accepting 2 poems per entrant.
3. Most points are awarded for meter, rhyme, and format. Watch that.
4. I deduct points for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
5. No fancy fonts
6. NO PICTURES, The poem must stand on its own.
7. Keep the language clean.
8. Sonnets are not meant to be Gothic, dark dark, etc. Keep the subject that which you would allow your twelve year old to read.
The last two rounds were so great, I am really looking forward to see what can be done in this round. This one is a challenge!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 3, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 250
- Final notes: Again, an amazing group of poems!!On the scoring system of 1-100, three poems actually scored 100!!!Now you can't get better than that. Only three poems did not make the cutoff 90 points. I am so proud to host such a contest.
MOVING ON
Pamela A. Lamppa
Monkus 666
Kiusha
maa
Margaret G..
ea
buggirl
I am really looking forward to Round 4.
Contest Winners
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by Pamela A Lamppa 21 lines, 35 comments, on Jun 19 8:53 PM 2007. In Love, Nature
Gold trophy winner
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Alone, I stand upon the shore and watch, / As sailors kiss their lovers' cheeks goodbye. / I hide my head inside my heart, a notch / Where I can wipe the moisture from my eye. / It's not that I am crying, just, nearby• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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How often have we watched the setting sun / and waited breathless for a bright new day? / And did we count our blessings one by one / or ta• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
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It is amazing just to come and read the amazing poems in this contest- this is so great you have created such an opportunity for the writer and the reader. I think I cried on nearly every one of these which I read.
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Congratulations to the winners and the authors of all of these wonderful poems. I look forward to the next round.
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thank you so much for hosting this exciting challenge, dear mamad ...
I have learned so much already and am so delighted to have the opportunity to learn even more ...
looking forward to the next round,
all the best,
maa
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