Raven’s Rovi Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jez FarmerStructure: Two septetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abacdcd (abcde)ee The Rovi Sonnet was inspired by Ivor Hogg’s Ivorian sonnet form. As I like balance I have divided the sonnet into two septets the first being formed of a triplet and a quatrain, the second a quintain and a couplet. As Ivor set …

Morya’s Double Lock Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Two quatrains plus two tercetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abba baab cdc dcd Example Truth of Darkness by Jez Farmer There is no beginning without an endA flower can’t bloom unless winter diesAnd the seed awakens from dreamy sighsAnd tendrils of life through the cold earth wendFor deep in …

Mirrored Seven Sonnet Notes

Mirrored Seven Sonnet NotesCreated by: John ThompsonStructure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: 7 syllables per lineRhyme scheme: abab cdeedc baba Example Venice by Jez Farmer Echoes of love reflect in stillnessWhere else but here, this place of art and loveAnd memories still dance in their shrillnessAs lilies float by holding my dreams ofYou and I, and …

Pushkin’s Sonnet Notes

Pushkin's Sonnet NotesCreated by: Alexander PushkinStructure: Two quatrains and a sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abab ccdd effegg Example Hedonistic Psyche by Jez Farmer Take hold my hand and let me lead the wayAnd whisper in my ear of all you desireAs if my kiss can tell you what to sayWhen lips linger longer to …

Pope John XXXIII Sonnet Notes

Structure: aaaa bbbb cc ddddMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrain Example Beloved by Jez Farmer The love you gave me like golden sunshine;You kept me safe and taught me ways divine,My rock when only darkness felt like mineI pray my hand is still held within thine.Those days, beloved, when …

Polynesian Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaxa bbxb ccxc dd Example Divine Horses by Jez Farmer Where wild horses thunder she can be foundBestowing to our kings the royal ground,Their oath as solemn as any marriage vowIn ancient rites by which they are still bound.If flowing …

Persepolis Sonnet Notes

Created by: Leny RooversStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Octave 11 syllable lines, Sestet decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aabbccdd efgefg Example Taking Chances by Jez Farmer A doorway to where, a mystery to goA ready-made adventure and who’s to knowWhat lies just beyond this, an unopened doorI don’t know as I haven’t been there beforeYet anticipation tingles …

Hyper Sonnet Notes

Created by: Marnie KanarekStructure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: varied meterRhyme scheme: axa axa xaa xaa aaExtra Notes: A chain of four tercets wherethe first line is iambic pentameter,second line is iambic tetrameter,and third line is iambic trimeter,and ending with an iambic pentameter couplet Example It’s Our Fault by Jez Farmer Only the ancient ones …

Passion Sonnet Notes

Created by: Victoria SuttonStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: a1ba2B bcBc Bdbd a1a2 Example Pure Love by Jez Farmer This moment of love so long waited forWhen all the pain and fear melt into timeA moment when life is simple and pureThe world is silent for his sound to chimeA baby’s …

Pantoum Sonnet Notes

Created by: Terry ClitheroeStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic linesRhyme Scheme: A1B1A2B2 B1C1B2C2 C1dC2d A2A1 Example Tears of Rain by Jez Farmer My heart encased in carapaceNo longer can love cause me painMy eyes are blind to all that laceWhilst tears are only caused by rain.No longer can love cause me painAs …

Nightingale Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jez FarmerStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Nine syllable linesRhyme Scheme: axxb axcb xcxb ac Example Oracle by Jez Farmer The quest for answers lost over timeInquiries made in realms of darknessWaiting for the voice of wisdom to speakAnd solve the mysteries of the heart.She sleeps through the years biding her timeDark lady …

Malayan Wave Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc dd Example On Travel Sickness by Jez Farmer The night before brings those feelings of dreadNightmares started before I go to bedIn queasy visions involving the carThey swirl in dizzy thoughts around my headNo matter how near, …

New Zealand Sonnet Notes

Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abab bbcc cdcd ee Example The White Stag by Jez Farmer Beside the dreamy streams he stands alone,The fires of lightning sparking in his eye,As the white stag comes to the sacred stoneThe Sun-god smiles wherever ravens fly,Like a mountain reaching for misty skyProudly stands …

Mathlish Sonnet Notes

Structure: Triplet, couplet, triplet, couplet and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaa bb ccc dd abab Example I Know You Are There by Jez Farmer The calm before the storm, I feel the fearThat presence drawing closer, drawing nearWith silent footsteps that I cannot seeI feel its icy breath move against meAlone in darkness …

Cymraeg Soned Notes

Created by Jez Farmer, the Cymraeg Soned reflects traditional Welsh poetry with the quatrains written as awdl gwydd and the couplet as a cyhydedd fer Adwdl Gwydd Each stanza is a quatrain of seven syllables. Lines two and four rhyme and lines one and three cross rhyme into either syllable two, three, four or five …

Kal’s Wondercloth Weave Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abcb bcdc cded de Example Good Without God by Jez Farmer Does his soul still linger on the BeagleAnd does he still sail to far away islesWhere scientific truth spoke on a finch’s beakAs we look at religion with knowing smilesCreationism …

Mirrored 18-Line Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet, couplet and octetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbaabba cc abbaabba Example Ancient Drum by Jez Farmer Across the savannah echo ancient drumThe spirit of nature dancing on grassYet mankind comes invading en masseHe’s taking her beauty and still He comeAcross the plains where the dry grasses humWill this invader e’er run out of …

Miltonic Sonnet Notes

Created by: John MiltonStructure: QuatorzainMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbabbacdecde Example On His Blindness by John Milton When I consider how my light is spent,ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,And that one talent which is death to hideLodged with the useless, though my soul more bentto serve therewith my Maker, and …

Melenesian Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic LinesRhyme scheme: aabaaaba aababb Example A Simple Flash! By Larry Eberhart She thinks perhaps I dream of her at nightand miss her when she’s somewhere out of sight.She believes that somehow I deserve respectand am her thoughtful brave and charming knight.She thinks it’s fun to …

Marshalline Sonnet Notes

Created by: Marie MarshallStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Nine syllable linesRhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Example Gatherings by Jez Farmer A musical march matches the gownBefore promises of wedded blissConfetti falls like a gentle downOn the embrace love’s first bridal kiss.New life held in arms given a nameInnocence before the joy of lifeNo …

Lazy Day Sonnet Notes

Created by: Rebecca KerrStructure: QuatorzainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbccdddeeeff Example Lazy Day Love by Jez Farmer A cautious heart treads the path of love slowWith doubts floating freely on the air flowAnd trust a distant hope far out of reachScepticism a rough and pebbled beachWithout the soft sand that so gently leadsThe soul away from …

Kiss Cross Sonnet Notes

Created by Jez Farmer. Kiss Cross Sonnet 1 Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: Octosyllabic or tetrameterSchema: aabb ccdd eeff ggExtra parameter: Part of each first line of each quatrain is mirrored in the fourth line of each quatrain Example Loneliness In Love by Jez Farmer Loneliness appeared from nowhereMy heart lost, love a distant …

La Germania Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba acca cddc dd Example Synchronicity by Jez Farmer Transcendental pleasure is ours to takeBeyond routine we seek our own desireAs our senses burn hot in passion’s fireNo loveless gratification to fakeIntense eyes darken as they feel desireExploring the wonder of …

Malayan Fireburst Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc ddAdditional parameters: 3rd line in each quatrain must be feminine rhyme Example Remedial Action by Larry Eberhart Removed from urban crush his cabin sitsabove where finally the sagebrush quits.His land abuts a park that’s mostly forest.A stealthy …

Malayan Sonnet Notes

Structure: aaba bbcb ccdc ddMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: Three quatrains and a couplet Example Shamanic Rhythm by Jez Farmer Delicate feet dancing on the parched landWishful prayers summoned with opening handWith a soulful voice calling out for rainAs the summer burns the green grass to sand.Shamanic rite written in rhythmic strainCalling the divine to …

Luzvimninda’s Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb cccc dd Example My Lady by Jez Farmer She wanders through the living to find oneTo journey on beyond the worldly sunThe one whose mortal time has had its runAnd we fear her hand in the shades of …

Malayan Sonnet (Caudated) Notes

Malayan Sonnet (Caudated) NotesStructure: Five QuatrainsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc ddde eeff Example Clouds of Twilight by Jez Farmer The clouds of twilight reflect the sweet faceOf love; the smile that drives a heart with graceFor that smile is mine and it’s mine aloneAnd it reminds me of that sweet embrace.Dark passions …

Mabini Sonnet Notes

Mabini Sonnet Notes Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Two triplets, a couplet and two tripletsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abb acc aa dda eea Example Sensual Musk by Jez Farmer The dancing daffodils are smiling hereThey spread the word of life in springtime’s lightWhile nature speaks of love within her sight.The rabbits chase across …

LuVailean Sonnet Notes

Created by: Lyra LuVaileStructure: QuatorzainMeter: 6 couplets of alternating pentameter and dimeter lines and ending with a heroic coupletRhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg Example Poor Health Costs by Larry Eberhart Most every life is filled with highs and lows;expect no less.But only when your health has been deposedis life a mess.The costs, unless you’re in the upper …

Lunatic Sonnet Notes

Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aaab bbcc cddd ee Example A Secret Bliss by Jez Farmer Inside our dreams resides a secret blissWhen pains of life are silenced in a kissWhat greater dream exists beyond all thisOn darksome nights beneath the sleeping stars?And while old men smoke their Cuban cigarsTo haunting …

Kyrielle Sonnet Notes

Kyrielle Sonnet 1 Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Octosyllabic or tetrameterSchema: AbaB cbcB dbdB AB Example La Cheminée by Jez Farmer In summer sun the grate lies coldNo embers left to warm the nightYet summer blooms beauty beholdAs floral scents bring out delightThe seasons turn in loving flowTo reach above in passion’s heightFor love’s …

Illini Sonnet Notes

Created by Nel ModglinStructure: QuatorzainMeter: Decasyllabic/Octsayllabic or pentameter/tetrameterSchema: abcabcdbcdecee.Additionally,L1,L4,L5,L8,L9 and L12 are tetrameter and L2,L3,L6,L7,L10,L11,L13 and L14 are pentameter. Example Bloody Admin by Jez Farmer The desk is lonely as dawn breaksAnd outside morning chorus how it singsIn the lazy rays of an early sunIn the kitchen coffee pot shakesIt’s that aroma of all thingsThat …

Kiwi Pause Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: QuatorzainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abbaccddeffegg Example Meter Matter by Lawrence Eberhart Constrained by form a sonnet forces rhymeAnd rhyme without some meter is bad verseLike Paul and Mary lacking Peter – worseDiscord will sometimes shout to me, ‘Watch out!’My deafness frequently obscures that shoutAnd bumps appear that other readers …

Korean Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Sestet and OctaveMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aaaaaa bbbbbbbb Example Azure Blue by Jez Farmer Cast the soul adrift upon the oceanAnd let it feel the waves of emotionAdrift but safe in a lover’s devotionWhere just one kiss can cause a commotionOr as calming as a soothing lotionFor each wave …

Kindergart Klas Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abca bcab cabc dd Example Achievements by PK Roy On personal achievements everyonefeels too satisfied, nothing wrong, no sore;But, when one allows success to definewho she's, leads to misery as outcome.To feel good too much attention goes foraccomplishing bigger things and …

Kilmer’s Sonnet Notes

Created by Joyce KilmerStructure: Two quatrains and two tercetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba baab cdc dcd Example Alarm Clocks by Joyce Kilmer When Dawn strides out to wake a dewy farmAcross green fields and yellow hills of hayThe little twittering birds laugh in his wayAnd poise triumphant on his shining arm.He bears a sword of …

Kangaroo Pause Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abab ccdd efef gg Example Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers by Lawrence Eberhart Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,I ask that first you test your words alone.You’ll want to be assured your meaning’s clear.If anger stems …

Hierarchal Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbbbcc ccdddd Example In the Junk Drawer by Jez Farmer It’s that time to clear out the drawer of junkTo rummage odds and sods that did a bunkAll those things that in secret try to hideNeglected stuff aspects of me insideHidden away like the tears never criedAnd secrets …

John Milton’s Caudated Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet and two sestetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde effegg Example Duskfall by Jez Farmer The gentle lapping water echoes duskA lake shimmering bright in purple pinkWhile distant shorelines into shadows sinkAnd the air takes on the eventide’s muskAnd trees whisper as night birds start to buskTheir songs of love inspire a mate …

John Tee Sonnet Notes

Structure: QuatorzainMeter: No meter requirementSchema: ABcdefABghijAB Example Watching the Sea by Jez Farmer While sitting on the shore I watched the sea,My heart was seeking the answers of life,I saw the waves, cascading white horsesReleased to run towards the pebbled shoreEach pushing further in towards the landAnd washing sun-baked stones until they shone.While sitting on …

Harrisham Sonnet Notes

Created by Created by Harrisham MinhasStructure: 2 sestets and a coupletMeter: no restriction but should have rhythmSchema: ababab cdcdcd ee Example Sonnet to Spring by Jez Farmer Between winter and roses sunshine bloomThe birds feed and stare into heavy grey skiesIn wild patches daffodils break the gloomThe warmer days coming with breezy sighsBut still inside …

Keats’ Sonnet Notes

Created by John KeatsStructure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abc abd cab cde de Example Paper Sheet by Jez Farmer A paper sheet; untouched and lily whiteAn illusion waiting for ink to be bornOf poet’s dreams in sweet rhythm and rhymeThat voices passion for love’s own delight.The ancient nib in poet’s hand …

Kal’s First Fireburst Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abcb bcdc cded deNote: The third line in each stanza must have a feminine end-word Example Owed to Judges by Lawrence R. Eberhart Someone is tasked with being judge, of coursein any competition of the arts.Most earn the right thru their …

Jeffrey’s Sonnet Notes

Created by Scott J AlcornStructure: 2 sestets with a cross rhymed couplet (the cross rhyme is in the 2nd to 4th syllable in each of the two lines of the couplet). Also there is a cross rhyme in the first line of the 2nd sestet (between the 2nd to 4th syllable), tying the 1st sestet …

Italian Sonnet Notes

Italian Sonnet 1 Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abbaabba cdcdcd Example Cinderella’s Fetish by Jez Farmer An obsession once a cute quirkEngaging her within my desireDelicate feet dancing with fireAnd I felt all my senses jerkFor her heart I was going berserkWith love and lust on a live wireBut too soon the passions …

Heroic Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbccdd eeffgg Example Spark by Jez Farmer The darkness of depression holds my handEmbracing me here where I cannot standAnd my eyes of tears cannot see the wayTo lead me out into the light of dayThere is no place that I can go, not nowFor darkness holds me …

Gloria cum Noynoy Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M Reyes in tribute to Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba abba cddc dd Example Open the Door by Jez Farmer Seeing beyond pain to enrich the dayA hidden purpose, a reason to dreamReleasing the past in a conscious streamAnd open the door to a better …

Germanic Sonnet Caudated Notes

Structure: Octave, sestet, and three tripletsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abbabccb cddcdd dee dff dgg Example Charlie’s Gone by Jez Farmer Recalling that night, the first time we metToo blind to see the harm in front of meBelieving you had come to set me freeBy numbing pain and making me forgetSelling my soul, I didn’t …

Glorionic Sonnet Notes

Created by Gloria MartinStructure: Octet and a sestetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbbccc ddedee. Example Black Rose Petals by Jez Farmer As I lay the black roses on your graveI no longer feel I am strong and braveAs winds blows emptiness again todayIt feels like living is so far awayAnd my tears fall where the dark …

Japanese Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: each line is a haikuSchema: aaaa bbbbbb aaaa Example Sakura Memories by Jez Farmer Sweet scented petals descend on the breeze; fragrant farewell,Memories entwine in rivers of tears; love cannot dispelDark clouds obscure the future and the sun in living hell?Temple chimes echo sounds of …