Write a Kyrielle Sonnet
Poetry Contest
A Kyrielle Sonnet is made up of three rhyming quatrains and a non-rhyming couplet. Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has the repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza).
Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of only 8 syllables. French forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem, so common pactice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending couplet. This would also reinforce the refrain within the poem.
Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:
AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB - AbaB, CbcB, dbdB, AB
Example:
WE HAD IT ALL
Our dream of love was grandiose
Like dew-kissed sultry morning rose
We had it all and wanted more
We didn't care what lay in store.
Two flames combust, divine affair
Unchained by lust, we gasped for air
So much was yet left to explore
We didn't care what lay in store.
Embraced by love, we flew to stars
to reach a Jupiter and Mars
We heard the golden rain outpour
We didn't care what lay in store.
Our dream of love was grandiose
We didn't care what lay in store.
-written by yeltel
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently None. There are 18 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 180.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Thursday, October 15, 2015.
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Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of only 8 syllables. French forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem, so common pactice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending couplet. This would also reinforce the refrain within the poem.
Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:
AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB - AbaB, CbcB, dbdB, AB
Example:
WE HAD IT ALL
Our dream of love was grandiose
Like dew-kissed sultry morning rose
We had it all and wanted more
We didn't care what lay in store.
Two flames combust, divine affair
Unchained by lust, we gasped for air
So much was yet left to explore
We didn't care what lay in store.
Embraced by love, we flew to stars
to reach a Jupiter and Mars
We heard the golden rain outpour
We didn't care what lay in store.
Our dream of love was grandiose
We didn't care what lay in store.
-written by yeltel
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently None. There are 18 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 180.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Thursday, October 15, 2015.
