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A Visser Sonnet (aka: Hidden Rhyme Sonnet)
A chapter in the book Little Poems
Exploring Cliff Cave
by Treischel
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It is exciting to explore caves, but also very dangerous. There are several in our area. Some deaths have occured from cave-ins, falling, lack of oxygen, and carbon monoxide. This one is located along the Mississippi River bluffs near downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. It is somewhat hidden and requires a bit of climbing. A good inspiration, I think.
This poem is a Visser Sonnet. It was created by Audrae Visser,
Poet laureate of S. Dakota, (1974-2001). It reads much like a Blank Verse poem, in that it is done in iambic meter (12 syllables, or Hexameter, in this case), and has no end rhymes. However, it does indeed have rhyme, but it is hidden in the middle of each line, rather than at the end. So it becomes extremely subtle. In fact, it takes the scheme of a Petrarchan Sonnet, with its rhyme scheme of:
abbaabba cdecde.
The volta also remains at line 9.
It is so subtle that it can be easily missed. So I repeated the poem here, revealing the rhyme. I must say, that after having written one and reading several others, my reaction is "Why?" I see no real value in hiding the rhyme, other than the pure challenge of writing one. Maybe each one should start with an introduction and challange to the reader to find and define the rhyme scheme. Otherwise, I'm not very enamored.
I thought having hidden rhymes very appropriate for caves that have hidden dangers.
This photograph was taken by the author himself on March 28, 2015.
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and 2 member cents. This poem is a Visser Sonnet. It was created by Audrae Visser,
Poet laureate of S. Dakota, (1974-2001). It reads much like a Blank Verse poem, in that it is done in iambic meter (12 syllables, or Hexameter, in this case), and has no end rhymes. However, it does indeed have rhyme, but it is hidden in the middle of each line, rather than at the end. So it becomes extremely subtle. In fact, it takes the scheme of a Petrarchan Sonnet, with its rhyme scheme of:
abbaabba cdecde.
The volta also remains at line 9.
It is so subtle that it can be easily missed. So I repeated the poem here, revealing the rhyme. I must say, that after having written one and reading several others, my reaction is "Why?" I see no real value in hiding the rhyme, other than the pure challenge of writing one. Maybe each one should start with an introduction and challange to the reader to find and define the rhyme scheme. Otherwise, I'm not very enamored.
I thought having hidden rhymes very appropriate for caves that have hidden dangers.
This photograph was taken by the author himself on March 28, 2015.
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