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Sonnets Under the Stars

Hello everyone and welcome to A Mene~ Summer Night's Dream user run event!
I, sad_girlformat (aka Sasa) will be hosting the poetry contest!!
Exciting? Release the poetic side of yourself and submit!!

Objective

Write a fourteen lines (14 lines), iambic pentameter poem that rhymes (abab cdcd efef gg)! It must follow the theme of summer nights. For example, the starry skies, the fireflies, be creative! Just be original and get yourself notice for a chance to win!

It's really simple right? XD

Requirements/Guideline

I'm not so strict with the requirements. Consider it more like a guideline~

Must have 14 lines rhyming in from of (abab cdcd efef gg)
All lines must be in iambic pentameter
Each meter should consist of an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable

The first meter could be an inversion (the stress syllable follow by the unstress)
The second meter is always an iamb
An addiction of a final unstress syllable is alright

Must be in three quatrains with four lines each (abab is one quatrain) and a couplet in the end
Must be within the theme

Definitions and Information

Please do read. The information on the requirements are available down here. If you have any other questions, post it in the thread and I will try to get to it ASAP.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dictionary.com

Definition of Iambic Pentameter: a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable

Quote:

Originally Posted by about.com

Shakespeare’s sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables. The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet. An iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. An example of an iamb would be good BYE. A line of iambic pentameter flows like this:

baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM.

Here are some examples from the sonnets:

When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME (Sonnet 12)

When IN / dis GRACE / with FOR / tune AND / men’s EYES
I ALL / a LONE / be WEEP / my OUT/ cast STATE (Sonnet 29)

Shall I / com PARE/ thee TO / a SUM / mer’s DAY?
Thou ART / more LOVE / ly AND / more TEM / per ATE (Sonnet 18)

Quote:

Originally Posted by about.com

Sonnet Structure

There are fourteen lines in a Shakespearean sonnet. The first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains with four lines each. In the three quatrains the poet establishes a theme or problem and then resolves it in the final two lines, called the couplet. The rhyme scheme of the quatrains is abab cdcd efef. The couplet has the rhyme scheme gg. This sonnet structure is commonly called the English sonnet or the Shakespearean sonnet.

Rules

Follow Menewsha's Rules and TOS
Respect everyone's entries, and I mean EVERYONE.
Keep the sonnet PG13 *cough*
Only one entry per person
Use the entry form please
The sonnet must fulfill the requirements/guideline
Entries must be submitted by the 27th at 11:59pm. All entries after this time will not be accepted

Break any of these rules, you will be disqualify... and I'll come after you myself... :twisted:

Prizes

1st place winner will receive a set of Anklewings (July 08 CIs)
2nd place winner will receive Winter's Flight
3rd place winner will receive Ghost Kitties

3 judges will decide on the winners, as to not create any biased decision.

Sasa's favorite will receive 500g! <333

For this prize... the evil hostess, Sasa will decide. Let's see if your sonnet catch my attention~ ;]

Good luck!

Entry Form

Please use the entry form provided. All entries WITHOUT the form will not be accepted. Post entry in this thread only!

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[b]Username[/b]:  Post Username here

[b]Title[/b]: Post Title of sonnet here

[b]Sonnet[/b]: Post sonnet here

Entries

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiami (Post 3623771)

It's bad, but I'll try!

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!
Username: Kiami
Title: The Night's Ballet
Sonnet:
The Heavens are alight tonight, my dear,
For those sparkling lights do so confess
The true nature of the darkened summer
Night before the audience of our romance.
The grasshoppers do sing their part,
The lightning bugs do light the night,
And yet no art of theirs could start my heart
Or have it beat so hard like this tonight.
The Heavens are no longer in the sky,
But here with us, only for us to find.
The falling stars ignite my heart to fly,
They land in his eyes and reflect in mine.
The Moon takes its claim over its domain.
And the night’s ballet is reborn again

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easther_Bunni (Post 3630035)

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!
Username: Easther_Bunni
Title: Almost Summer
Sonnet:
I can’t believe this class is almost done.
It seems like just last week it had started
And soon it will be time for summer fun.
School and I will happily be parted.
Traveling around to distant places
Or possibly to destinations near,
Seeing many old familiar faces
That we have not visited for a year.
There are so many fun activities
To do outside, like swim in the ocean,
Or camp, and roast marshmallows in the breeze.
Just don’t forget to wear suntan lotion.
Summer will be just around the bend
And I wish this summer will never end.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esmereina (Post 3630981)

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!

Username: Esmereina

Title: A Painful Summer Love

Sonnet:

As I lay still beneath the summer sky;
I close my eyes and dream a love so true.
It sears my heart so I begin to cry;
My dream has plunged into the ocean blue.

Shall I dive-in to catch my painful gift?
My skin is sore from the sun held above.
The cool sea beckons me as the waves lift;
What choice do I have but to seek this love.

Step by step I immerse into the sea;
I feel the salt water pull me under.
Wanting to grasp this love once held in me;
Further I go to reach for this wonder.

A love that has made me cry tears before;
I hope and pray still to find it once more.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uzura (Post 3631104)

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!
Username: Uzura
Title: A Summer Wish
Sonnet:
For just one week I longed to be with him
To hold, to kiss, to only touch my love
To see the sun, the moon, the stars not dim
But glow and shine in heavens up above

Summer would be the season for us two
July the blessed month I waited for
I endured the wait knowing I'd see you
Even though my heart could not bare much more

But just one week before us two would meet
The news I feared to hear was brought to light
With a heavy heart I admit defeat
For I would not see my lover that night

Although my heart may ache from such a blow
The two of us shall meet soon. This I know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burnt Biscuits (Post 3631177)

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!
Username: Burnt Biscuits
Title: Dream Dance
Sonnet: Post sonnet here

On my brow they swim and swirl,
Leaving clouds across my mind.
Lidded eyes hide twist and twirl,
Round and round and then unwind.

Of this kind a dace is rare,
Reality is but a blur.
Come dance with me, if you dare,
Common sense is just a slur.

Fantasy will take your soul,
Ideas cater to this world,
Clock hands will abruptly toll,
Mind fog spread, the smoke uncurled.

I beg you I’m in love it seems,
Dance with me through swirling dreams.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragoness (Post 3632233)

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!
Username: Dragoness
Title: A Summer's Night at the movies
Sonnet:
With a bang and a thud,
With a boom and a short rout,
Batman's down in the mud,
The Joker's out for the count!
With an eerie creeping creek,
Our heroes now trapped in a pit!
Another mummy comes out for a peek,
For Brendan Fraizer stars in another hit!
I want to believe,
So right around I must turn!
Fans, no more may you grieve,
Mulder and Skully are to you now return!
Everybody's favorite heroes come in the summer,
They come to end the dog days' feelings of "bummer."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaderin Triste (Post 3634356)

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!
Username: Kaderin Triste
Title: Summer Enchantments
Sonnet: In true love’s fashion do we find this rest,
Entwined in moonlight’s softly glowing light.
The chirping crickets try to do their best,
But cannot match the atmosphere tonight.
Sweet summer songs play softly in the air.
While starlight brightly dances o’er the land,
Through fields of clover twirl the fairies there
And I, in vain, wish they would take my hand.
But if they did, would this enchantment end?
Or would the night’s spell steal me away too
To dance with them as were we just old friends?
Soon now the dawn will come to break anew
And will your eyes lose that familiar gleam
If we wake to find this was but a dream?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knerd (Post 3637467)

A wing! a wing! My sonnet for Anklewings!
Username: Knerd
Title: To Dream of Puck
Sonnet:
The summer sun is melting through the hills
Appearing red and gold. To my delight
It's graceful rays, within my heart, instills
The mythic fancy of that winged sprite
Called Puck. His knaveish ways of long ago
Remind me of a raucous summer breeze.
Bestir my hair and leave me reft with woe:
He left no peace, the maidens he would tease.
I see no harm in laying down my crown
To sleep beneath the oak tree's lissom boughs,
For Puck has long since left thy modern towne
To sail on dreams and mystic rev'rie prows.

Poor Puck is now a wish of summer nights,
Below the city sky and starry lights.

Winners

To be announced

Good luck everyone ^___^ <3

That thread banner is GORGEOUS! <3
And yeah, I'm not very good with literature. xD Good luck to all the participants. <3

Yes, good luck to everyone who enters. ^^

Sasa is more than likely asleep right now, so if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask me since I am sort of being a voluntary stand-in for her until she is able to get online. :3

That way, nothing will overwhelm her or anything when she comes in. >w<

.::Note to Sasa::.
I'm writing down entries and their locations for you until you get here, that way you won't have to read through every page if you don't want to. >.>;

Kiami posted an entry on Page 2

If I get started on this now, maybe I can finish a sonnet by the time the event finishes.

We'll see - Poetry is tough work.

Yes. Poetry can be quite difficult. :<

So, slant rhyme is ok?

...Slant rhyme?
:sweat:

Excuse me if the answer is obvious. >.>'
I haven't slept in a while. '<.<

Well, some of my teachers would allow slant rhyme and others wouldn't in our poetry

omg! I haven't written a sonnet since I was in a Shakespeare class in High School! I just might write one for fun! <333

Hmm I don't understand poetry but i will try! xD

I remember working on sonnets my sophmore year in high school. Man, those were hard xD
I'll still give it a try though.

I have no talent in poet whatsoever.. xD;;

good luck, sasa. XD

I am not a poet at all ^^;
I might enter though if i somehow get inspired.

Really? No one here knows anything about sonnets?

Now I feel weird for being like.. the only one that took a Shakespeare class... I had to write sonnets...

I wrote them all the time
xD
They were all bad
xP
I did much better when I could mix up the rhyme scheme a bit

I had a good one A LONG LONG WHILE AGO when I first started Quizilla or so.
It was about a demon boy and a little girl.
I lost it though - so I don't remember what it was all about. xD