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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Sonnets #106001 06/17/03 06:02 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague I'm looking for a self-referential Shakespearian sonnet (i.e: abab cdcd efef gg in iambic pentameter) - any ideas? Cheers, Adios Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sonnets #106002 06/17/03 06:11 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague ...or not neccisarily in iambic pentameter - just the rhyme scheme? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sonnets #106003 06/17/03 06:20 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 This one is self-referemtoal: When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least: Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee,--and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sonnets #106004 06/17/03 06:31 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Oh, no I meant self-referential, as in referring to the form of a sonnet itself. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sonnets #106005 06/17/03 06:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 There's Sonnet by Billy Collins. Doesn't exactly fit snugly into the Shakespearean pigeon hole: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1216.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sonnets #106006 06/17/03 11:35 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Do you know What the Sonnet Is by Eugene Lee-Hamilton? ~ it's in ABBAABBA/CDCDCD form. Here are a few others you may also want to try rolling over your tongue! http://www.sonnets.org/about.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sonnets #106007 06/18/03 08:45 AM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Brilliant! Thanks all! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,614 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 283 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,735 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,933 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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