Petrarch? What a Lark!
Petrarchan sonnet13 total reviews
Comment from MissMerri
Congratulations on placing first with this remarkable sonnet. (Not at all surprising, really) I thoroughly enjoyed it, and also the author notes. Very clever, you are! I actually learned some interesting things reading your notes. Thanks for sharing this fun sonnet.
reply by the author on 25-May-2020
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Congratulations on placing first with this remarkable sonnet. (Not at all surprising, really) I thoroughly enjoyed it, and also the author notes. Very clever, you are! I actually learned some interesting things reading your notes. Thanks for sharing this fun sonnet.
Comment Written 24-May-2020
reply by the author on 25-May-2020
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Thanks, Adonna. Let's see if it serves me well as practice for the site sonnet contest, though I suspect yours has a happier ending than my rather gloomy piece.
Steve
Comment from Bill Schott
This Petrarchan sonnet, Petrarch? What a Lark!, has the proper formatting and suggests that writing in this format is a task which produces no sweat. How do I like this? Let me count the ways...
reply by the author on 01-May-2020
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This Petrarchan sonnet, Petrarch? What a Lark!, has the proper formatting and suggests that writing in this format is a task which produces no sweat. How do I like this? Let me count the ways...
Comment Written 29-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 01-May-2020
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Many thanks, Bill. I had fun with this and it paid off with a win in the contest.
Steve
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
I enjoyed your description of this form you are writing in and I think this is a cleverly written sonnet with all the attributes for the contest, I wish you luck, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 01-May-2020
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I enjoyed your description of this form you are writing in and I think this is a cleverly written sonnet with all the attributes for the contest, I wish you luck, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
Comment Written 29-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 01-May-2020
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Thanks, Dolly.
I can take off my Mystery Poet mask now. Glad you enjoyed this bit of fun.
Steve
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I voted for you!
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I voted for you! Congratulations on your win, well deserved!
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Thanks, Dolly. It was a close-run thing and there were several good contenders...
Comment from Julia Griffin
Very good - skilful and amusing!
I'm voting for you, anyway.
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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Very good - skilful and amusing!
I'm voting for you, anyway.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Thanks, Julia - much appreciated.
PS I think your Caps Lock is on and your 'A' key is stuck down!
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No - it was just a way of filling up the requirement, I'm afraid! They wouldn't let me post till I had a certain number of characters.
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We all have our tricks. Copying and pasting a couple of lines from the poem works well, or adding 'Good luck in the contest.' to every review!
Comment from royowen
Well done with this Petrarchan sonnet, you've shown you have a great sense of humour, and can actually write a real live Petrarchan sonnet in the process, Witten as the Swedish group ABBA would write the first 8 lines, And rest cde cde, well done, good luck, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Well done with this Petrarchan sonnet, you've shown you have a great sense of humour, and can actually write a real live Petrarchan sonnet in the process, Witten as the Swedish group ABBA would write the first 8 lines, And rest cde cde, well done, good luck, blessings Roy
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Roy, many thanks for the kind words. I do enjoy a bit of ABBA!
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Good job
Comment from Tim Noble
Brilliant idea to write a Petrarchan sonnet about Petrarch and his influence on all the great poets of the past, and how it should be so easy to emulate them - so that you only get around to picking up your pen in the last six lines and barely even then. The rhymes and rhythm are excellent too. I wish I had thought of this. [When Oscar Wilde said this in company about somebody else's witticism, Whistler said to him: "Don't worry, Oscar. You will.]
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Brilliant idea to write a Petrarchan sonnet about Petrarch and his influence on all the great poets of the past, and how it should be so easy to emulate them - so that you only get around to picking up your pen in the last six lines and barely even then. The rhymes and rhythm are excellent too. I wish I had thought of this. [When Oscar Wilde said this in company about somebody else's witticism, Whistler said to him: "Don't worry, Oscar. You will.]
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Many thanks, Tim - glad you enjoyed this enough to bestow that extra star!
The way I heard it, you have the Wilde anecdote the wrong way round. He was renowned for his witty and pithy remarks and after a particularly brilliant zinger, one of the fawning acolytes said "I wish I'd said that!' and it was Oscar himself who said, "You will, you will."
Comment from Marjon van Bruggen
How I enjoyed this Petrarchan sonnet! The fun, the precision, the information, the examples of other sonnet-writers... For me, it all ends up toward a winning contest poem.
Congratulations! (and I don't think it easy at all to write)
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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How I enjoyed this Petrarchan sonnet! The fun, the precision, the information, the examples of other sonnet-writers... For me, it all ends up toward a winning contest poem.
Congratulations! (and I don't think it easy at all to write)
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Marion, many thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed.
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loved it.
Comment from BethShelby
This is a very clever sonnet that made me laugh. You've sort of poked fun at the whole process of writing a sonnet and mastered the rules for getting it done yourself. You names a lot of famous sonnet writers in the process.
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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This is a very clever sonnet that made me laugh. You've sort of poked fun at the whole process of writing a sonnet and mastered the rules for getting it done yourself. You names a lot of famous sonnet writers in the process.
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Thanks, Beth. I do try not to take things too seriously for the most part. I'm glad I made you laugh.
Comment from Precious Owuamalam
Lovely! You've written so well! You well executed within the laid out rules for the contest. One quick one: you may want to replace the folk in the second line with ''folks'' since the statement is in the plural phase. Apart from this, you're good to go. My very best wishes!
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Lovely! You've written so well! You well executed within the laid out rules for the contest. One quick one: you may want to replace the folk in the second line with ''folks'' since the statement is in the plural phase. Apart from this, you're good to go. My very best wishes!
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Thanks for the review and the kind words. I believe you will find that 'folk' is a collective noun, so can be treated as plural. In usage it would be identical to the word 'people'.
Comment from January L'Angelle
This is a very cute poem. It tells a lot about what a "Petrarchan sonnet" is. I was confused and now I think that I know a lot better because of your poem. Thanks for that! Respectfully, -January L.
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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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This is a very cute poem. It tells a lot about what a "Petrarchan sonnet" is. I was confused and now I think that I know a lot better because of your poem. Thanks for that! Respectfully, -January L.
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The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 28-Apr-2020
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Hi, and welcome to FanStory. Already won a contest, I see, so well done!
Thanks for this review and the kind words. Ready to try a sonnet now?!