The Masked Sonneteer is running a monthly sonnet challenge. Each month the masked one will offer a sonnet variant. November's challenge is the Echo sonnet in tribute to one of my co-judges CricketJeff. We are not looking for poems about him or inspired by his poetry, we want the best you can write.
Structure:
The echo sonnet, created by Jeff Green, is similar to the kyrielle sonnet in that it consists of three quatrains and a heroic couplet. The last line of each quatrain (A2) and the second line of the couplet is the refrain line which can be a repeated whole line, phrase or end word. The first line of the first quatrain (A1) also repeats as the first line of the couplet. The form has a rhyme scheme and is preferably composed of lines of iambic pentameter.
Schematics:
Rhyme Scheme: A1bbA2 accA2 addA2 A1A2
Line Length:
Preferably iambic pentameter
Poem Length:
14 lines
Example:
The Bridge of Dreams by Jeff Green
Each night inside a dream you walk with me
To lands where past and future fade away
Where everything is lost in just one day
The clouds have built a bridge across the sea
I learned to live a dream so we could be
The walkers on that road to everywhere
A perfect life that lovers seldom share
The clouds now carry us across the sea
With head upon the pillow I am free
To hold you as my own for evermore
We'll be together on that distant shore
The clouds have built a ship to cross the sea
Each night inside a dream you walk with me
Upon the bridge of ships that's crossed the sea
Prompt:
Lend me thy pen, to write a word in the moonlight.
Happy sonnet writing!
Rules:
1. All poems must be in the selected sonnet form.
2. No TyPiNg.
3. Give it your best shot for the CricketJeff
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Structure:
The echo sonnet, created by Jeff Green, is similar to the kyrielle sonnet in that it consists of three quatrains and a heroic couplet. The last line of each quatrain (A2) and the second line of the couplet is the refrain line which can be a repeated whole line, phrase or end word. The first line of the first quatrain (A1) also repeats as the first line of the couplet. The form has a rhyme scheme and is preferably composed of lines of iambic pentameter.
Schematics:
Rhyme Scheme: A1bbA2 accA2 addA2 A1A2
Line Length:
Preferably iambic pentameter
Poem Length:
14 lines
Example:
The Bridge of Dreams by Jeff Green
Each night inside a dream you walk with me
To lands where past and future fade away
Where everything is lost in just one day
The clouds have built a bridge across the sea
I learned to live a dream so we could be
The walkers on that road to everywhere
A perfect life that lovers seldom share
The clouds now carry us across the sea
With head upon the pillow I am free
To hold you as my own for evermore
We'll be together on that distant shore
The clouds have built a ship to cross the sea
Each night inside a dream you walk with me
Upon the bridge of ships that's crossed the sea
Prompt:
Lend me thy pen, to write a word in the moonlight.
Happy sonnet writing!
Rules:
1. All poems must be in the selected sonnet form.
2. No TyPiNg.
3. Give it your best shot for the CricketJeff
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Closed for judging
- Closed for judging on November 22
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
Entries [11]
1 - 11 of 11
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by Black Narcissus 19 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 8 10:34 AM. In Love• Viewed by judge.
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A muse I need, to pen a word or two;
a moonlight ode, a tribute to your charm.• Not viewed by judge. -
She shines like the full moon on a hot summer night,
her soul gleaming so brightly in the deep darkness.• Not viewed by judge. -
Oh, love! Do lend your voice so I may sing
A song as sweet as only yours could knowby DeadlyTurnip 17 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 8 10:06 PM• Not viewed by judge. -
Echo Sonnet --------------------------------------------------------------• Not viewed by judge.
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Upon a winter night I walk alone,
a frigid moon highlights a distant wood.by S D McDaniel 17 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 9 1:30 PM• Not viewed by judge. -
You bade me write my love upon the sky...• Not viewed by judge.
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Echo Sonnet
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Just found the contest tonight
not ten beats....• Not viewed by judge. -
Your Love the ink that Calligraphists use to etch your name across the darkest skies
Delicate swirls dressed in harmonic huesby PassionsPromise 20 lines, 38 comments, on Nov 21 10:23 PM. In Love, Romance, Cricketjeff & Echo Sonnet(Attempt)
• Not viewed by judge.
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Comments
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Good luck to all who enter. Di
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all sonnets should be shot on sight.
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