Semblance of a Sonnet

Semblance of a Sonnet

Poets can say a lot in a sonnet,
even in one as haphazard as this,
structured in a semblance of metric feet:
(with all, despite its many forms, amiss)
using perfect and approximate rhyme,
a precedent of poetic license.
Though Shakespeareans may judge it a crime,
to the avant-garde I make my defense—
which makes for a more spontaneous line
(iambics encumber and slow one down),
while, in contrast, less-cleverly contrived
than the fossil-sonnet that has survived.
So if you were to name it doggerel,
I invite the critic to match my skill.




Poetry by Melie Bacon
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Written on 2012-04-05 at 18:15

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Close enough. Sonnet enough. Nicely done.
2012-04-07



This sounds like a challenge! Beware, there are those here that can write a wicked-good sonnet : )

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2012-04-05