FORM: Italian Sonnet
Meter: strict iambic pentameter
Rhyme: a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a, c-d-e, c-d-e
Taken from wikipedia:
The Italian sonnets included two parts. First, the octave (two quatrains), which describe a problem, followed by a sestet (two tercets), which gives the resolution to it. Typically, the ninth line creates a "turn" or volta which signals the move from proposition to resolution. Even in sonnets that don't strictly follow the problem/resolution structure, the ninth line still often marks a "turn" by signaling a change in the tone, mood, or stance of the poem.
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What dangles mostly out beyond my reach
The normal things that used to mean so much16 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 29 11:16 PM. In Limitation, Illness, Disability, Sonnet, Italian Sonnet -
When did I fall in love with you? I know—
it was the day I realized that your goal -
Many times life has pulled the rug or slapped me down.
I falter, then rise up to face the tasks presenting.13 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 18 6:39 AM. In Acrostic, Sonnet, Italian sonnet, End of life, Reflections, Promise, Hope, Iambic
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I had already commented. before I had discovered some of your other sonnets. You are clearly fully at home with the sonnet form, so I need to learn what you understand by "tetrameter".
I also didn't comment on your acrosticism. Again, a novelty to me, though I'd had a parallel idea (not yet carried out) on noting that "Dorothea Hemans" has fourteen letters. I had thought this was an original idea. You (and how many others?) beat me to it! -
I know, what they say about "there are no new ideas."
I don't agree, but one does get frustrated at times running into previous instances! At least it is original for you for me, or whomever.
Being currently enamored of sonnets, I wrote that acrostic for a contest, "What's in a name." I just had to find a way to write it as a sonnet as well, if I could. Didn't I?
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