Friday, February 25, 2022

You Are Extremely Hot (English Sonnet) Comments

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(for Annelize)

I think you are lovely, extremely hot,
but do not want to talk about the fire
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Gert Strydom
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Technical Critic 25 February 2022

[final] 'Spellbound' in line 12 is another trochee. There are more, but I have no more time. Keep writing. You are better than many on this website.

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Technical Critic 25 February 2022

[6] In the last line, the first word, 'nothing'. should be an iamb, but it is a trochee. The first syllable is stressed, and the second syllable is unstressed. This is not the only example in the poem where this happens.

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Technical Critic 25 February 2022

[5] An iamb is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. that needs to be the pattern throughout the poem. The first syllable of every line needs to be unstressed, and the next syllable stressed, etc.

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Technical Critic 25 February 2022

[4] Although your syllable count is for the most part correct, much of the poem is not iambic.

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Technical Critic 25 February 2022

[3] You DO, however, have the correct rhyme pattern for the English sonnet. Congratulations.

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Technical Critic 25 February 2022

[2] Line 8 does not make sense in English. The last word should be 'portray', but then you would not have a true rhyme with line 6.

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Technical Critic 25 February 2022

[1] This is NOT a true English sonnet, as English sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, with ten syllables per line. Line 4 has an extra syllable.

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Gert Strydom

Gert Strydom

Johannesburg, South Africa
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