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Sonnet
The expectations of a sonnet-
That it must have lines of five feet,
Have one right rhyme-scheme laid upon it
And have some weighty, serious meat,
Are hogwash! Lies! and weightless spittle.
Just look! Here in this poem's middle
You'll find two couplet's - odd but true
(And huddled, unheroic too).
And here's a quatrain's form inverted
Two females, with two males between.
Ugh! Such a foursome! Sick! Unseen!
But no, this isn't form preverted,
And if you'd rather do without it,
It's done! So make no bones about it.
That it must have lines of five feet,
Have one right rhyme-scheme laid upon it
And have some weighty, serious meat,
Are hogwash! Lies! and weightless spittle.
Just look! Here in this poem's middle
You'll find two couplet's - odd but true
(And huddled, unheroic too).
And here's a quatrain's form inverted
Two females, with two males between.
Ugh! Such a foursome! Sick! Unseen!
But no, this isn't form preverted,
And if you'd rather do without it,
It's done! So make no bones about it.
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