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Three quatrains and a couplet to compose
a sonnet and beyond that there's an art,
and rules like fourteen pentametric rows
we use to make the sonnet stand apart.
The assonance, the metaphore, the rhyme
Hyperbole, anthropomorphic dream
all nest inside and tap in perfect time
and fit into the sonnet's rhyming scheme.
Each line is five feet long and you might think
that's really long enough but no - in fact
sometimes you wish you had more space - but shrink
your words to fit - and keep the form intact.
The path is straight and strict - and if you roam
outside, the sonnet dies, but not the poem
a sonnet and beyond that there's an art,
and rules like fourteen pentametric rows
we use to make the sonnet stand apart.
The assonance, the metaphore, the rhyme
Hyperbole, anthropomorphic dream
all nest inside and tap in perfect time
and fit into the sonnet's rhyming scheme.
Each line is five feet long and you might think
that's really long enough but no - in fact
sometimes you wish you had more space - but shrink
your words to fit - and keep the form intact.
The path is straight and strict - and if you roam
outside, the sonnet dies, but not the poem
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