David, thanks. I recognise that experimentation can and perhaps should take
place with rhyme schemes and the like but at which point does experiment
carry a poem presented as a sonnet beyond that which is acceptable as a
sonnet. If rhyme schemes can be broken then syllable counts can be breached,
as with Hopkins, but there must surely be a point when a sonnet is not a
sonnet. This is not intended to be disputative you understand merely
interested curiosity. Arthur
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From: "Brigid Anthony" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: Falstaff ( Terri, David)
I think any rhyme scheme's OK in a sonnet, Arthur: there are scores of
"accepted" schemes and in addition people experiment a lot.
Rhyming couplets tend to be used mostly for lighter subjects, but there are
no rules so far as I'm aware, and if there were we all know what rules are
for.
Regards,
David
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