A Crown Sonnet uses the form like a bead on a necklace – stringing together seven in all. The last line of the first sonnet is used as the first line of the second sonnet; the last line of the second sonnet is used as the first line of the third sonnet, and so on. Those repeating lines are the thread the necklace hangs on and, in the end, what ties the whole piece
together. The final sonnet starts with the last line of the sixth sonnet and ends with the first line of the very first sonnet.
A circular feat, in rhyme and iambic pentameter to boot.
Reference: Crown Sonnet
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I think I remember seeing this form by one of the sonneteers on this site.
When I get a new computer, and dump the one I have for good, I'm going to take the sonnet class. I haven't taken any of the classes here yet. I really want to pick up this form. I can tell that form poetry takes a lot of dedication to syllable counts, rhyme, and meter. I'm looking forward to any future poems you do in this form, Pamela.
Don
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