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Humor Me !!

[honestly, this attempted sonnet is solely possible due to continual guidance and patience by both Judyanne & Rula]

a forward step and two or more in hind
it may not ever happen but I'll strive
iambic feet may never get to five
it's not my fault I fall so much behind

a rainbow seems to hold a pot of gold
I keep on chasing them with fingers crossed
I'll find a golden goose or count my loss
may luck befriend me 'fore my feet go cold

the gospel truth is try, it's worth a try
and get the rhyming absolutely right
don't ever give up just believe in dream
you'll crack the sonnet, let away a cry
the night will pass to bring a day so bright
by writing sonnets silkier than cream

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Structured: Western
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I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
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A very entertaining theme and sonnet. We used to read sonnets about romance and many other themes, but rarely a humourous one. I assume this is your Petrarchan sonnet.

Then the rhyme scheme is spot on.

Two lines are perfect iamb pentemeter. The other two have some metrical problem. Could it be the word EVER that messed? I think you've pronounced it as one syllable while is has two vowel sounds E-ver 

a STEP | forWARD | and TWO |or MORE |in HIND| (Perfect Iamb)

if THAT | Ever | HAppens| would I | Ever | STRIVE (I think Ever is messing your meter)

will i| AMbic |FEET of |MINE E|ver GET |to five (this line needs your attention)

is THAT | my FAULT |to FALL |so MUCH |beHIND (perfect Iamb)

 

This is your job to be done for tomorrow Raj.

Will parse the rest of your sonnet or part of it tonight. It is half past twelve midnight 

But I want you to know you are doing really great.

Keep it up!

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First quatrain

a STEP | forWARD | and TWO |or MORE |in HIND|
will NE | ver GET| me PAST | the FI| -nish LINE |
to GET | to THAT | goal I | need NOT| 'ere PINE |
if I | keep TRY| -ing NOT | to LAG | beHIND |

Regards,

raj (sublime_ocean)

author comment

GOAL i | NEED NOT|

the rest is OK
Good job.

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ok..my struggle continues....

Regards,

raj (sublime_ocean)

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a RAIN |bow DOES| aPPEAR| to HOLD |a POT| of GOLD| (perfect)
do I |KEEP CHAS |ing with |BUtter |FINgers CROSS (rethink of this line metrically)
will I|FIND a| GOLDen |GOOSEor| SENDit | for a TOSS (most of this line is trochaic where stressed syllables preceed the unstressed. And with a foot and a half more)
may LUCK | beFRIEND |me 'FORE | my FEET |GO COLD( replace "go" with "are" and your line is perfect iamb

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have you forgotten to include the workshop's name from the droplist or that was intentional?

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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words ........Robert Frost☺

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Many thanks for taking the pains to do the parsing and marking areas of improvement. I shall definitely work on those. Geezer has suggested that instead of Ever i could use 'ere. Will that be considered as unstressed syllable?

'ere GRATEfully, :)

raj (sublime_ocean)

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[ever] try: 'ere'. It means the same, just drops a syllable.
~ Gee

There is value to commenting and critique, tell us how you feel about our work.
This must be the place, 'cause there ain't no place like this place anywhere near this place.

for dropping in and leaving a good suggestion. Will work on it.

Regards,

raj (sublime_ocean)

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:) you are doing soo well - I'm guessing there are some very happy work shop leaders on this site who are very proud of you and others for not giving up and turning out some great sonnets.

Keep it up Raj! :)

Love Mand xxxxx

so nice of you to stop by and drop an encouraging comment...yep...Judyanne and Rula have been really patient with me for sure ...and you too....i need encouragement in tonnes if i am to get this sonnet thing right...:)

much love n hugs..

raj (sublime_ocean)

author comment

this is a great write
I have parsed it and given suggestions... (hope you don't mind me giving them)

a STEP | FOR ward | and TWO | or MORE | in HIND
(a FOR | –ward STEP )

if that | E -ver | HAPP -ens | WOULD i | E -ver | STRIVE
five and a half feet
it MAY | not E | -ver HAPP | -en BUT | i’ll STRIVE

WILL i | -AMB -ic | FEET of | MINE E | -ver GET | to FIVE
six feet - lol one could take this line as a good pun...
(i –AMB | –ic FEET | may NE | -ver GET | to FIVE)

is that | my FAULT| to FALL | so MUCH | be -HIND
(it’s NOT | my FAULT | i FALL | so MUCH | be -HIND)

a RAIN | -bow does | app -EAR | to HOLD | a POT | of GOLD
you have six feet here
a RAIN | –bow SEEMS | TO hold | a POT | of GOLD)

DO i | KEEP CHAS | -ing with | BUTT-er | FING-ers | CROSS
Again six feet
(i KEEP | on CHAS | -ing THEM | with FING |-ers CROSSED

will i | FIND a | GOLD-en | GOOSE or | SEND it | for a TOSS
six feet...
(i’ll FIND | a GOLD | -en GOOSE | or COUNT | my LOSS)

may LUCK | be-FRIEND |me 'FORE | my FEET | go COLD
(perfect iambic)

the GOSP | -el TRUTH | is TRY | -ing WHICH | is WORTH | a TRY
six feet
(the GOSP | -el TRUTH | is TRY |-- it’s WORTH | a TRY

till you | GET the | RHYM | -ing AB | -so-LUTE | -ly RIGHT
six feet
(and GET | the RHYM | -ing AB | -so-LUTE | -ly RIGHT

DO not | E-ver | GIVE up | but be | -LIEVE in | DREAM
six feet
(don’t E | -ver GIVE | up, JUST | be -LIEVE | in DREAM

till you | CRACK the | SONN-et | then LET | OUT a | CRY
SIX FEET
( you’ll CRACK | the SONN | -et, LET | a -WAY | a CRY)

the NIGHT | will PASS | to USH | -er a DAY | so BRIGHT
the NIGHT | will PASS | to BRING | a DAY | so BRIGHT

by WRIT | -ing a | SONN-et | SMOOTH-er | than a | CREAM
six feet
(by WRIT | -ing SONN | -ets SILK | i -ER | than CREAM

love judy
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

Wow...you have done a wonderful edit job for me of the entire poem....I can't thank you enough for your patience and efforts just like i cant thank Rula too enough..

Not sure if it would now be fair for me to call it my own...with almost a complete overhaul of my rickety version....

edited and finally posted the revamped version...hooooooooooosh!

gratefully,

raj (sublime_ocean)

author comment

The poem is your thoughts and your words
I have done nothing more than assist in the meter
An author who has his novel edited still claims the work as his, does he not?

Anyway, I had to get you off this one as it was becoming too stale for you

You need to start a fresh work with all your new knowledge
I'm looking forward to your Elizabethan.... it is much easier

three quatrains and a final couplet. Rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
iambic pentameter
The volta usually starts at the third stanza

love judy
Xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

congratulations on finishing this attempted sonnet.
Now up to the English (Elizabethan sonnet) :)

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Many thanks for your kind words. Now be a little more kind and let me catch my breath. Boy! you are a tough teacher.

Elizabeth can wait, can't she? :)

Regards,

raj (sublime_ocean)

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shouldn't wait for long, should she?

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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words ........Robert Frost☺

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At least here I have the liberty to make Her Highness wait a while :)

hehe,

raj (sublime_ocean)

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Your third verse first stanza ... you have a 'me' in there that affects the iambic
You need 'iambi feet may never get to five', not 'me to five'

love judy
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

Thanks for pointing out the little glitch. Corrected it.

Regards,

raj (sublime_ocean)

author comment

A typo on my part --- iambic - not iambi
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

tell you what? I was beginning to think that iambi may be a close cousin of iambic which i wasn't yet introduced to....:)

xxxx,

raj (sublime_ocean)

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You've put a smile on my dial just now
so needed that
rotfpmsl

lol - maybe iambi is bambi's sister
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

makes me smile too to know that the lil humor in my comment put on a smile on your dial and also after knowing that there are other members in the sonnet family i havent been introduced to as yet besides iambi & iambic..."hello bambi..so good to meet you..do you belong to the stressed or unstressed lineage?" :)

lol xxx,

raj (sublime_ocean)

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genes of a future sonneteer
i gave up

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