Ivorian Sonnet
This sonnet is the brainchild of the late Ivor Hogg, and at first site just a simple progression of stanzas.
A couplet a. a… a triplet b. c. b… and a quatrain d. e. d. e.
The quintain is the key that links this stanza back to the RHYME of the previous stanzas and the rhyme pattern can be in any order giving it 120 variations.
Ivorian Sonnet Quintain Variations 1 – 24
a.b.c.d.e. |
a.b.c.e.d. |
a.b.d.c.e. |
a.b.d.e.c. |
a.b.e.c.d. |
a.b.e.d.c. |
a.c.b.d.e. |
a.c.b.e.d. |
a.c.d.b.e. |
a.c.d.e.b. |
a.c.e.b.d. |
a.c.e.d.b. |
a.d.b.c.e. |
a.d.b.e.c. |
a.d.c.b.e. |
a.d.c.e.b. |
a.d.e.b.c. |
a.d.e.c.b. |
a.e.b.c.d. |
a.e.b.d.c. |
a.e.c.b.d. |
a.e.c.d.b. |
a.e.d.b.c. |
a.e.d.c.b. |
Ivorian Sonnet Quintain Variations 25 – 48
b.a.c.d.e. |
b.a.c.e.d. |
b.a.d.c.e. |
b.a.d.e.c. |
b.a.e.c.d. |
b.a.e.d.c. |
b.c.a.d.e. |
b.c.a.e.d. |
b.c.d.a.e. |
b.c.d.e.a. |
b.c.e.a.d. |
b.c.e.d.a. |
b.d.a.c.e. |
b.d.a.e.c. |
b.d.c.e.a. |
b.d.c.a.e. |
b.d.e.a.c. |
b.d.e.c.a. |
b.e.a.c.d. |
b.e.a.d.c. |
b.e.c.a.d. |
b.e.c.d.a. |
b.e.d.a.c. |
b.e.d.c.a. |
Ivorian Sonnet Quintain Variations 48 – 72
c.a.b.d.e. |
c.a.b.e.d. |
c.a.d.b.e. |
c.a.d.e.b. |
c.a.e.b.d. |
c.a.e.d.b. |
c.b.a.d.e. |
c.b.a.e.d. |
c.b.d.a.e. |
c.b.d.e.a. |
c.b.e.a.d. |
c.d.e.d.a. |
c.d.a.b.e. |
c.d.a.e.b. |
c.d.b.a.e. |
c.d.b.e.a. |
c.d.e.a.b. |
c.d.e.b.a. |
c.e.a.b.d. |
c.e.a.d.b. |
c.e.b.a.d. |
c.e.b.d.a. |
c.e.d.a.b. |
c.e.d.b.a. |
Ivorian Sonnet Quintain Variations 73 – 96
d.a.b.c.e. |
d.a.b.e.c. |
d.a.c.b.e. |
d.a.c.e.b. |
d.a.e.b.c. |
d.a.e.c.b. |
d.b.a.c.e. |
d.b.a.e.c. |
d.b.c.a.e. |
d.b.c.e.a. |
d.b.e.a.c. |
d.b.e.c.a. |
d.c.a.b.e. |
d.c.a.e.b. |
d.c.b.a.e. |
d.c.b.e.a. |
d.c.e.a.b. |
d.c.e.b.a. |
d.e.a.b.c. |
d.e.a.c.b. |
d.e.b.a.c. |
d.e.b.c.a. |
d.e.c.a.b. |
d.e.c.b.a |
Ivorian Sonnet Quintain Variations 97 – 120
e.a.b.c.d. |
e.a.b.d.c. |
e.a.c.b.d. |
e.a.c.d.b. |
e.a.d.b.c. |
e.a.d.c.b. |
e.b.a.c.d. |
e.b.a.d.c. |
e.b.c.a.d. |
a.b.c.d.a. |
e.b.d.a.c. |
e.b.d.c.a. |
e.c.a.b.d. |
e.c.a.d.b. |
e.c.b.a.d. |
e.c.b.d.a. |
e.c.d.a.b. |
e.c.d.b.a. |
e.d.a.b.c. |
e.d.a.c.b. |
e.d.b.a.c. |
e.d.b.c.a. |
e.d.c.a.b. |
e.d.c.b.a. |
Sonnet’s Journey – Ivorian Sonnet XXXV
My pen that writes the words of many things
Yet everything stops to hear the love that sings
No matter where a poet sits each night
her thoughts return to stay beside you dear
A sonnet’s journey is to touch love’s light
A missive signed and sealed by poets’s lips
that form a kiss to gently ease the ache
our senses wound in cherished reels and strips
and there in words we speak the love we make
Each night as love letters begin their flight
I lose the dreaded sense of loss and fear
that often lead my tender heart to break
Each soothing word of ink so softly springs
To resonate again upon your lips.
Jem Farmer
Pasted from http://thepoetsgarret.com/2013Challenge/form08.html
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My thanks to Jem Farmer of thepoetsgarret.