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Shakespearean or like sonnet for Allpoetry #130

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Enter your single sonnet into this contest but be sure it has not gained a trophy or HM from a recent Winkling Contest. You must be able to place a link in your notes to the sonnet form you are emulating in the 1500s and that link should be to a period poem of the 1500s.

 

Remember, if a poet is born in 1486 say, then that person's mature poetry will lie in the 1500s whereas if a person is born in 1588, this is not so!

 

Do think of people like Wyatt, Surrey, Spenser, Sir Philip Sidney, Shakespeare and choose one as your model for rhyme scheme.

 

It is standard practice that non-Winklers who enter Winkling contests are gently invited to submit an application to join Winklings Group.  Note: This is NOT a requirement for entry to this contest! Such applications will be looked at sympathetically by management. 

 

Simply PRESS.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on October 17
  • Rewards: Gold: 3000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 200
  • Final notes:
    We had lots of interpretations of what was reuired in this contest. I enjoyed all poems and felt sorry when inconsistecies arose in choppy meter or 13 instead of 14 lines even when the poem itself said it had "14 lines"!
    Also, I looked for consistent diction in terms of the poem written.

    Gold goes to a really solid effort in the Surrey Sonnet, "Where Love Went". Congratulations poet.

    Silver to an unconventional sonnet, with political issues: "Who's Really Learned From Experiencew On The World Stage". Good job!

    Bronze to a valiant effort of high interest written in the quaint, old Early English style: "Absolution".

    Finalist: Till We Meet Again".

    I formally extend Winkling Membership by application to management to you all if you are non-Winklings. Lyndon. xxxxxxxx

Contest Winners

  1. Where love went
    A Surrey sonnet - ababababababcc
    by MargaretG 15 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 19 5:51 AM. In Life, Sad, Contest
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Who's Really Learned From Experience On The World Stage?
    The Frenchman knows there's a world out there,
    and never puts the horse in front of Descartes.
    by ecrivain01 24 lines, 38 comments, on Feb 11 6:54 PM 2006. In Personal, Society, Contemporary
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Absolution
    Old English Sonnet
    by Amera 16 lines, 43 comments, on Jun 3 9:21 AM 2007. In Other, Sonnet
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [4]

  • The first sonnet
    This sonnet is my first since then.
    Then in my schooldays, Beauty did I praise,
    by judyjudyjudy 13 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 12 6:45 PM
    • Commented on by judge.

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  • judyjudyjudy
    October 12
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    No 12 year olds writing poetry in the 16th C? It's a great idea for a contest. I'll see if I can come up with something.

    jjj
  • ecrivain01 silver member
    October 12
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    I wish ...

    I felt up to writing something, but I just don't. Good luck with this in any case.

    • Winklings Account gold member
      October 13
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      Place in a prewrite ...

      Any prewrite.
      I mean as long as the rhyme scheme is from the 1500s.

  • MargaretG silver member
    October 18
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    Thank you Ron! Congratulations to Jim, Amera and BluesMan
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