I didn't plan a sequel, but the fairies insisted.

A Pantoum Sonnet is a combined form
Like the sonnet it is 14 lines of iambic pentameter with three quatrains and a couplet.
Like a pantoum it has repeated lines
The 2nd and 4th line of the first stanza become the 1st and 3rd lines of the second stanza. The 2nd and 4th lines of the second stanza become the 1st and 3rd lines of the third stanza. The lines of the closing couplet are the same as the 1st and 3rd lines of the beginning stanza.

Fetch = enchanted sticks or wood that is left in place of a human child. The "fetch" looks likes just like the human child that has been taken by the fairies, but slowly sickens and dies.

Changeling = a troll, elf, fairy or enchanted piece of wood (fetch) left by the fairies in exchange for a human child. The term also is used to refer to the human child that has been taken.




Thank you to Wolfdancer13 for the loan of the artwork.

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