Didactic Sonnet?
Dreaming on the Grand ScaleEveryone contains a flame of loveto be divided here, diffusing out. There is no light greater than human love.Our bodies know this when we dream aboutthis one, that oneit is...
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This poem deserves more than a curt "Remove the extra foot in Line 7", but that's what sticks out.//Zeke
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Zeke picked on the extra foot.My dislike is L 6and the smileand smiles we generate display...?the repetition of one, all one all one is tremendous.Willi
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Hi thereJust a few suggestions where the meter is rocky and I find L5 somewhat weakEveryone contains a flame of loveto be divided here, diffusing out. There is no light greater than human love.I scan...
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On the matter of rules for the writing of sonnets, there is the link (and here it is again).The stricture described there is indeed strict. It's from 1917 and we tend to loosen up more now, I...
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This feels clumsy through the artificial use of the uncontracted 'is' - which we don't use in spoken statements - we're not here to declaim, so the conversational tone of many sonnets is spoilt by the...
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