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My guess is the middle intital “J.” in Scott J. Alcorn stands for Jeffrey. Or, this sonnet is named for the title or subject of a poem written by Alcorn. It appears the form varies from the metric pattern of most sonnets and has a unique rhyme scheme.

Jeffrey’s Sonnet is:
• 2 sestets followed by a couplet.
• syllabic, 8 syllables per line.
• rhymed, rhyme scheme aabccb ddeffe ge. There is internal cross rhyme within syllables 2 thru 4 of L7, L13 & L14.
• composed with no suggested criteria for a pivot although it appears to occur between the sestets, leaving the end couplet as a summary.

x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x b
x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x b

x x x b x x x d
x x x x x x x d
x x x x x x x e
x x x x x x x f
x x x x x x x f
x x x x x x x e

x x e x x x x g
x x x g x x x e

Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1785>

Example Poem:

Color Me Cold   (Jeffery’s Sonnet0

I, being forced somewhere to go,

had to ignore the winter snow.

There were no airport flights today.

The clouds were threatening and grey;

I could now get there just one way.

With fear I drove into the haze.

The ice was glaze on Interstate;

I’d either die or get there late.

I fell into a motel bed.

I’d sleep some then I’d drive refreshed.

Two nights I was a captured guest.

The urge to leave was in my head.

I found instead car frozen tight.

for through the night the ice had spread.

© Lawrencealot – June 18, 2013