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A sonnet about Lesbos

Posted: 30th October 2021 4:17am
Edited: 30th October 2021 4:44am
robert43041
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To Slip:  hello: there are variations to what you suggest.  Stanzas can have different meters or rhyme schemes.  What you suggest is excellent.  Use the format you prefer.  Also some stanzas have two  quatrains and one sestet. Others are 4-4-3-3.       PS:  something new to me that I have to check:  some people are using a 4-4-4-2 format.. Does this help?  Regards, Robert.

Posted: 30th October 2021 4:26am
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With respect:  ok, I like the poem, but I must  verify something.  Sonnet formats are usually 4-4-3-3 or 4-4-6. I have not yet seen  a 4-4-4-2 scheme.

Posted: 30th October 2021 4:37am
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Not entirely.  Go with what feels best for you....within the  Stanza format.  PS: some people are submitting 4-4-4-2 lines.  I have never seen such, I must educate myself on this and find out more.  Usually I see 4-4-3-3 or  4-4-6 lines.
As for the rhyme schemes you do also have some liberty.  Regards, Robert.

Posted: 30th October 2021 8:09am
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thanks for the guidance Robert. I will attempt an offering 4-4-4-2 and 10 syllables each line

Posted: 30th October 2021 8:24am
Edited: 30th October 2021 1:31pm - edited 2 times
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robert43041 said:With respect:  ok, I like the poem, but I must  verify something.  Sonnet formats are usually 4-4-3-3 or 4-4-6. I have not yet seen  a 4-4-4-2 scheme.

Hello there. 4-4-4-2 with 10 syllables on each line in iambic pentameter is a classic English sonnet. Refer to Shakespeare.

Posted: 30th October 2021 7:42pm
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Posted: 30th October 2021 9:14pm
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Mysteries of Lesbos  (English sonnet)

Some speak, whispered tones, hide a knowing wink
wears the crown, no man can receive or share
Isle so small, reputation vivid pink
femininity starred in outlines bare

Tongues of tenderness, writhe her furry pit
ground rules that specify it's TIT for TAT
devouring lips, that raise abandoned hips
erotica willed, never a (miss)hap

Not effigies in bronze or stone are they
beauties cast, with flesh the upholstery
the gay, those still the willing of today
sip the sweetness from the cup so sultry

Pairs finer gender, magnet's of action
Lesbos, home to womanly attraction
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Posted: 18th December 2021 9:36pm
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Posted: 18th December 2021 10:44pm
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People voted:   congrats on your win.   Regards. Robert.

Posted: 19th December 2021 00:14am
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Way to go, Slip!

Yours was a well deserved win and you had my vote! :)

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