Mairi
by cricketjeff on April 30, 2008. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
Dundee’s where she wields her pen,
It’s seldom raised in praise of men,
Save ancient ones beyond my ken.
Words, the weapons of her play,
Aren’t given chance to disobey.
Her brilliance is everyday
Sis a poet of renown
Who wants to steal her sonnet crown
A brother struggles further down
Form or free verse you can choose
She counts her beans and pays her dues
This poetess will never lose
All Poetry is where she writes
And Mairi bheag the name in lights
Author notes
A St George’s Sonnet in praise of the creator of the form.
Mairi describes this as lines in the form, http://allpoetry.com/column/show/
2342251
four triplets
Trochee Trochee amphimacer
iamb iamb iamb iamb
iamb iamb iamb iamb
Four times
and a couplet
Trochee Trochee amphimacer
iamb iamb iamb iamb
With a rhyme scheme aaa bbb ccc ddd ee
In de DAH terms that is
DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
de DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
de DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
Four times
DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
de DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
I think this is over complication
Think of it as straight iambic tetrameter and drop the first weak syllable in
each stanza, including the couplet.
Since I managed to get it wrong so many times, I shall repeat FOUR (4)
triplets, not 3!!! (My excuse is I am getting old)
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