Saturday, March 5, 2011
*04 Love Letter - A Sonnet Comments
Rating: ★2.7
I have tried to write a Shakespearean Sonnet. Four quatrains and a doublet (= 14 lines) each line being an Iambic Pentameter (! 0 syllables alternately unstressed and stressed) . The rhyme pattern is abab cdcd efef gg. Because of all this tweeking it should have excellent rhythm - when read - and flow - when recited.
I could not seek your hand and then be scorned
For there are other maidens I would seek
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7/29/2025 9:10:23 PM # 1.0.0
It flows nicely with a good rythm (ya, and my 'attempts' are only too justly faulted for poor rythm!) until the word 'favourable' in the first line of the couplet. Delightfully humorous, with a tinge of sobriety, it is a lovely letter excellently suited for this abominable virtual age. I quite enjoyed it. Very nicely done!