The Roman Sonnet
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Hey, there's nothing wrong with polysyllabic rhymes Big Grin For my part, I quite enjoyed the read but would LOVE to see this rendered into some regular meter and true rhymes instead of those slants. Having said that, the essence of a sonnet is communication of thought/emotion/philosophy in a lyrical manner and once you are more comfortable with the way written poetry works, I suspect you'll have no trouble relaxing into the form.

Once you have a good read of the meter threads and sonnet practices, get your chosen meter stuck in your head and let the words fall around it. A metronome, a drum beat or just banging it out on the desk will definitely help. I still do that and I've been playing this game for a million years.

PS. The first sonnets I wrote were in heptameter, i.e. seven iambs (14 syllables) per line. Worked perfectly well.
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The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-21-2014, 10:15 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by jeremyyoung - 03-21-2014, 10:23 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-21-2014, 10:27 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by milo - 03-21-2014, 10:49 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-21-2014, 10:57 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by milo - 03-21-2014, 11:21 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-21-2014, 10:05 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by jeremyyoung - 03-21-2014, 11:18 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by ellajam - 03-21-2014, 10:15 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-21-2014, 10:27 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by billy - 03-21-2014, 10:43 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-21-2014, 10:55 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by billy - 03-21-2014, 11:02 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-22-2014, 05:49 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by shemthepenman - 03-22-2014, 06:11 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-22-2014, 06:23 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by shemthepenman - 03-22-2014, 07:11 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-22-2014, 07:26 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by abu nuwas - 03-22-2014, 08:36 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-22-2014, 08:41 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by Leanne - 03-22-2014, 08:54 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-22-2014, 09:55 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by Leanne - 03-22-2014, 10:03 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-22-2014, 10:11 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by abu nuwas - 03-22-2014, 12:29 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by Leanne - 03-22-2014, 01:20 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by abu nuwas - 03-22-2014, 10:03 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-22-2014, 11:05 PM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by abu nuwas - 03-23-2014, 01:39 AM
RE: The Roman Sonnet - by L Oquence - 03-23-2014, 01:47 AM



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