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This is a sonnet form invented by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines.
It is stanzaic, consisting of three quatrains and a non-rhyming couplet.
Iy id metric, written in either iambic pentameter or iambic tetrameter.
Rhyme pattern is abcb acdc aded ae, where the c and d rhymes must be feminine.
Example poem
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Tramp Stamp 777LLY (Salamander’s Fireburst)
I don’t know why my daddy named his car.
He named it Lilly, and my mom don’t care.
He says she’s has a soft top that he fancies
and that she’s got a tramp-stamp right back there,
and she’s his ride and carries his guitar.
To name her after mom would be too chancy;
she’s square, demure and won’t attract a copper
and her tramp-stamp just doesn’t go with Nancy.
“She let’s the dog ride with us to the bar,
she’ll haul things when your mommy plays the shopper
but she dissuades my mom-in-law with charm.”
Of all the things she does, well that’s the topper.
She’s sassy, gutsy, willing to go far,
his Lilly’s cute yet causes no alarm.
© Lawrencealot – February 25, 2014
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Sonondilla or Sardine
This is a form invented by Charles L. Weatherford the creator of one of the best Poetry learning sites in the English speaking world.
Visit it at: http://www.poetrybase.info/forms/
In his own word Charles explains that he devloped to form to play to his own particular strengths:
Creating the “sonondilla, I actually used two existing forms. First was the Petrarchan sonnet; second was the redondilla, a purely syllabic Spanish quatrain with envelope rhyme scheme (abba).
Based on this mixing, I came up with a fourteen line form that was syllabic, but was also tougher to rhyme than other sonnets. I’m much better at rhyming than a lot of people. (That isn’t to say that I don’t put out some real klinkers in my light verse.)
So, the sonondilla’s predominant rhyme scheme is abbaabbaccddcc, which is even more difficult than the Petrarchan sonnet. “
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And from the Britannica:
redondilla, a Spanish stanza form consisting of four trochaic lines, usually of eight syllables each, with a rhyme scheme of abba. Quatrains in this form with a rhyme scheme of abab, sometimes also called redondillas, are more commonly known as serventesios. Redondillas have been common in Castilian poetry since the 16th century. The word is derived from the Spanish redondo, meaning “round.”
Pasted from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494744/redondilla
And from Poetrybase:
Sardine
Type: |
Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Simple, Pivot Requirement |
Description: |
A sonnet that uses redondilla as a base. Each line is eight syllables and has the rhyme scheme abbacddceeffee or abbaabbaccddcc. It is also known as the Redondilla sonnet, the Napoleonic sonnet, or the Sonondilla. |
Attributed to: |
“The Dread Poet Roberts” |
Origin: |
American |
Schematic: |
Rhyme: abbacddceeffee or abbaabbaccddcc |
Pasted from http://www.poetrybase.info/forms/002/290.shtm
Many Thanks to Charles Weatherford for his wonderful resource site.
So we have the Sonondilla or SardineSonnet
It should be written in octosyllabic lines.
Meter either iambic or trochaic
Rhyme scheme: Rhyme: abbacddceeffee or abbaabbaccddcc
Rhyme scheme: Rhyme: abbacddceeffee or abbaabbaccddcc
Volta to appear at line 9.
I found the Sonondilla first, then found the Sardine. I asked the inventor about it.
His reply:
Larry,
I usually go with Sardine. It is a good joke name
that my buddy Chuck Lipsig (He’s a poet and
playwright on my FB friends’ list.) came up with
while I was developing the form.
The idea was that Sardinia was sort of midway
between Spain (redondilla) and Sicily (Sonnet).
The geography was the basis of several of the joke
names, such as Napoleonic sonnet.
Several people have written sardines (the poem)
with the theme of sardines (the fish).
I remember one I saw talking about people on a crowded
train with the sardines-in-a-can metaphor.
Charley
My example:
Ambiguity (Sonondilla or Sardine)
In ambiguity there’s hope
that your misstatement may make sense
to someone sitting on the fence
who’s neither voted yep nor nope.
Thus politician’s often cope
with lack of what’s called commonsense
by merely giving no offence.
If you don’t get it, you’re the dope.
You cannot fact check what’s not said
Thus inferences that have led
to contrary conclusions are
non-specific, sometimes bizarre.
Turn off the TV, go to bed,
or watch grass grow; you’ll be ahead.
©Lawrencealot – February 1, 2014
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Signature Sonnet
This is a form invented in 2006 by B. N. Chandler, aka B_Chandler on Allpoetry.It was bought to my attention as follows:• The Signature Sonnet is another invented sonnet pretender in 3 quintains introduced by B Chandler of Allpoetry.The Signature Sonnet is:
○ stanzaic, written in 3 quintains.
○ metric, written in iambic tetrameter.
○ rhymed, turned on only 4 rhymes aabba bbaab ababaPasted from Poetry Magnum Opus
○ stanzaic, written in 3 quintains.
○ metric, written in iambic tetrameter.
○ rhymed, turned on only 4 rhymes aabba bbaab ababaPasted from Poetry Magnum Opus
I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation and my thanks to Judi Van Gorder at Poetry Magnus, another wonderful resource.
Without her, even though I write on Allpoetry, I would not have known of this form. Ms Chandler is not longer active here, and I cannot find a sample poem, although her instructions remain.Note: there are only TWO rhymes, and not four.The Signature Sonnet is:
Stanzic, consisting of three quintains (15 lines)
Metered in iambic tetrameter
Rhymed: aabba bbaab ababa
Stanzic, consisting of three quintains (15 lines)
Metered in iambic tetrameter
Rhymed: aabba bbaab ababa
Volta not specified, but not excluded.
Example Poem
Looking for Friends (Signature Sonnet)
I saw on Craig’s old list a note:
and this is not a direct quote.
“I need a friend for night-time fun,
it could be that you are the one.”
I guessed what those words might connote.
She said she liked the summer sun
where sometimes clothes would come undone;
she said she had a little boat
and lake with privacy, to float.
I thought I’d go- not walk, but run.
I’m figured that I should devote
some time before the deal was done,
to check the things of which she wrote.
She weighed a quarter metric ton
and smelled like someone’s Billy goat.
© Lawrencealot November 11, 2013
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Teddybard Sonnet
This is a sonnet form invented by Teddybard of Allpoetry.
It is identified by the Rhyme Pattern: aaaabbccddeeff
Normal sonnet attributes apply.
Example Poem
Not to be Relinquished
Since every guy asked you to dance
I never thought I’d have a chance
to even profit from your glance,
much less to entertain romance.
I thought about you every day
your face, your hair, your gentle sway,
your kind response to all you’d meet,
your gentle voice which sounds.so sweet.
I’d wandered near your vacant chair
and when your partner brought you there
I mumbled “Hi!” held out my hand
I hadn’t waited for the band.
In your warm arms I felt befriended.
We danced on when music ended.
© Lawrencealot – October 1, 2013
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Pushkin Sonnet
This was the most difficult form to research. Most sites have the information wrong or incomplete. I am going to post what I have determined is the most likely true and accurate information available, and post links to those sites allowing me to draw that conclusion. My template below shows the most currently used form first, followed by the REAL Puskin Sonnet specifications. Note the REQUIREMENT for feminine rhyme. Usually ignored.
rhyming pattern: abab ccdd eff egg, (Where red letters are feminine rhyme)
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The Pushkin or Onegin sonnet has a fascinating and flexible
profluence, which makes it suitable for the kind of modern
narrative use that Pushkin (and more recently Vikram Seth)
put it too. As someone with an interest in narrative poetry
I’ve been meaning to learn the form for a while, and this
experiment is a foray in that direction.
I think it illustrates nicely the role of the four-foot
iambic line over the five-foot line used in Petrarchan
and Shakespearean sonnets. The shorter line is bouncier,
tighter and generally draws the reader forward in ways
that the naturally punctuated pentameter does not.
The five-foot line is complete, and requires the reader
to push on over it.
The four-foot line leaves the breath wanting more.
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This form was described as a “mettlesome creature” and A.D.P Briggs in his introduction to Evgeny Oneginstates that Pushkin invented a sonnet form which can go either way becoming Italian or English at the flick of a switch in mid stanza.
The Octave rhymes – a. b.a. b…..c.c. d.d…..
(Note) The first quatrain uses an alternating rhyme, and the second one, two couplets.
The sestet is where the change occurs and also expands the form. The original Pushkin sestet was either two tercets e.f.f…. e.g.g. and here you can see the Italian influence,
SOURCES:
http://volecentral.co.uk/vf/onegin.htm>
http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/sonnet/pushkin.html#bruce
http://www.tjradcliffe.com/?p=604>
Below are the poems used in the template.
Pentameter (non-standard):
This formulaic stanza has some power
despite its tendency to come and go,
yielding up a soft and scented flower
with sufficient patience: watch it grow
into a bloom of rich diversity
without engaging in perversity.
It varies in division, oft askance
like some exotic cell’s mitotic dance
around the mysteries of generation
it splits into uneven halves or more,
a clash of fragments, three or even four,
that form into a long and bold narration.
Yet in the end it’s form that sets us free
to discipline our thoughts and clearly see.
Tetrameter (standard):
This formulaic stanza’s power
although it tends to come and go,
will yield a soft and scented flower;
with patience you can watch it grow
into a bloom: diversity
in absence of perversity.
It divides so oft askance,
a single cell’s mitotic dance
in mysteries of generation
of two uneven halves or more,
a clash of fragments, three or four,
that form into a bold narration.
Yet by its form we are set free
to use our mind to clearly see.