A spot where I find lots of inspiration. This is the Marguary McNeeley Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul, Minnesota. Admission is free. It is just one of several indoor garden rooms, know as the Sunken Garden.

This poem is a Hex Sonnetta.
The Hex Sonnetta, created by Andrea Dietrich, consists of two six-line stanzas and a finishing rhyming couplet with the following set of rules:

Meter: Iambic Trimeter (6 Syllables)
Rhyme Scheme: abbaab cddccd ee

This particular form uses six syllables of iambic trimeter per line. Thus, the name Hex Sonnetta, as it keys off the number 6. The first part of the form's name refers to the syllable count per line, as well as six lines per Stanza. The second part of the name, Sonnetta, is to show this to be a form similar to the Sonnet, yet with its shorter lines and different rhyme scheme, it is not the typical Sonnet. Not only does this poem have six syllables per line, it also has a set of two six-line stanzas, giving an extra "hex" to the meaning of Hex Sonnetta. The rhyme scheme, with the two 6-line stanzas has more of an Italian feel. The rhyming couplet completes the classic 14 line format of the Sonnet.

This photograph was taken by the author himself on March 1, 2012.

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