General Poetry posted October 20, 2024


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A Wreathed Shakespearean Sonnet

Melanie

by Patrick Bernardy

Dark Sonnet Contest Winner 

The author has placed a warning on this post for violence.
 
                 Her grave-stone sits atop a graceful hill— 
                 her screams are shrill on nights of chilly dark. 
                 By day, a lark might perch and peck its fill; 
                 by night, her will is wroth to smite its mark. 
 
                 Our Melanie’s within that keening howl. 
                 She's on the prowl, his skin beneath her nails.
                 Her rape unveils her fate to haunt and growl; 
                 her parents cowl their shame for why she wails. 
 
                 The monster found his prize between her thighs— 
                 Her helpless cries ignored by those who knew
                 her claims were true of madness in his eyes.   
                 Their guilty sighs can never pay what's due.
 
                 Her grave-stone sits atop a mound of rage—
                 This vengeful hate she shrieks will never age.
 
 
 
 
 
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WREATHED SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET:
~A sonnet with the rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
~In addition, there must be a perfect rhyming echo within each of the three quatrains.
~These rhyming echoes become "wreathed" to the end-rhyme above them.
~The rhyming echoes should always occur in each line's fourth syllable.
~There should be no "wreathed" rhyming echo in lines 5, 9, 13, and 14.
 

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Writing Prompt
*This contest brought to you by The Little Workshop of Horrors club*

There are many types of sonnets with many rules and rhyme schemes. You are allowed to construct any type of sonnet you wish, as long as its format is listed somewhere within the post for voters to see.

Contest Parameters:
---Must be dark-themed.
---No puppies or unicorns (or their gentle, fluffy ilk) unless they are possessed, evil, rabid, undead, in advanced stages of decay, used as food, or the victims of violence.
---All sonnets require iambic pentameter; do the best you can.
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