Mairi
\nby cricketjeff on April 30, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nDundee’s where she wields her pen,
\nIt’s seldom raised in praise of men,
\nSave ancient ones beyond my ken.<\/p>\n
Words, the weapons of her play,
\nAren’t given chance to disobey.
\nHer brilliance is everyday<\/p>\n
Sis a poet of renown
\nWho wants to steal her sonnet crown
\nA brother struggles further down<\/p>\n
Form or free verse you can choose
\nShe counts her beans and pays her dues
\nThis poetess will never lose<\/p>\n
All Poetry is where she writes
\nAnd Mairi bheag the name in lights<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nA St George’s Sonnet in praise of the creator of the form.<\/p>\n
Mairi describes this as lines in the form, http:\/\/allpoetry.com\/column\/show\/
\n2342251<\/p>\n
four triplets<\/p>\n
Trochee Trochee amphimacer
\niamb iamb iamb iamb
\niamb iamb iamb iamb
\nFour times<\/p>\n
and a couplet
\nTrochee Trochee amphimacer
\niamb iamb iamb iamb<\/p>\n
With a rhyme scheme aaa bbb ccc ddd ee<\/p>\n
In de DAH terms that is<\/p>\n
DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
\nde DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
\nde DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
\nFour times<\/p>\n
DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH
\nde DAH de DAH de DAH de DAH<\/p>\n
I think this is over complication
\nThink of it as straight iambic tetrameter and drop the first weak syllable in
\neach stanza, including the couplet.<\/p>\n
Since I managed to get it wrong so many times, I shall repeat FOUR (4)
\ntriplets, not 3!!! (My excuse is I am getting old)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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