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what is a sonnet?

 

can i buy the hair coupon from someone who won the contest like pay em in mesos and i get the coupon

 

Looks like the Christmas Phantom is a chair this time instead of a permanent weapon cover!!??

 

i have some QUESTIONS:

1. "Do note the goal is to amuse"

amuse as in it should be funny or amuse as in entertaining?

2. "The sonnet introduces advanced vocabularies in a fitting way"

are you aware that this is known as PURPLE PROSE

3. what are your qualifications for judging poetry (don't say rupi kaur)

TY THANKS FOR THE EVENT WRITEUP VERY COOL

 

The third hair from the left I want
Its cuteness melts my skele heart
Those wavy curls I wish to flaunt
My first sonnet I’m forced to start

Snow witch thou art in chains
Yet thou radiance shall not fade
Downcast her gaze remains
The rescue, long delayed

Carrying meso I journey on
Hopelessness and tears as snow
With no snowshoes and only brawn
I slide along, the FM woe

Snow witch, eternal art thou plight
Perhaps snow in FM is not quite right

 

IGN(s): Moomins
Chosen Sonnet Structure: shakespeare? googled
Notes: first time doing please don't laugh
Sonnet: above
Contributions: just me

 

IGN: Kawori
Chosen Sonnet Structure: Shakespearean
Notes: I've written the Sonnet about her backstory
Sonnet:

Have you heard this tragic tale?
Of a mage in a time long ago
This woman with skin fair and pale
Who was shunned in a town full of snow

Driven to a point so devoid of love
That saving her would be a lost cause
She cried out to the heavens above
And turned into the witch they claimed she was

Wandering through the icy plains
Across the lake I met her gaze
Eyes full of sorrow and rage in her veins
Stood there enthralled and looked at her face

Wished they could see what I had seen
The beautiful girl that should have been

 

hey is the OP sonnet an example of one that would earn a perfect score? echoing postcard, I'm also curious about what level of vocabulary y'all are looking for here. am i gonna need to dust off my thesaurus

P.S. postcard what do you have against rupi kaur? she's my favorite

 

Looking at poetry as a form of self-expression, it feels wrong to mark points off for not using advanced vocabulary. That's like saying you can't articulate your thoughts and emotions because you don't have a heightened level of vocabulary. Sure, having a broader knowledge with words will help when it comes to trying to explain one's intricacies, but it doesn't mean you can't do it without "commonly used words" either.

 

IGN: Demun
Chosen sonnet structure:
How to Write a Sonnet (with 2 Sample Poems) - wikiHow shakespearean (not really understand very hard so I made my own format...)
Notes: Love for snow witch turn me into cake..

Unrequited Love
Snow witch so very very seductive.
Her piercing gaze is so icey and toll.
She makes me so very unproductive.
Dear Goodness, she Sends shivers, down my soul.

Often I think of her during the Night
And it really gives me quite a delight
Thou the snow witch gives people quite a fright
For me I feel she is worth all the fights

By fate or chance, I met her much unsound.
In a faraway place, in a snow town
Ensnared by her beauty towards the ground
Where time stood still and my face starts to frown.

Was then I realise love was a mistake
As she turned me into a big snow cake.

 

This is my own sonnet (I guess it is first time for anything )
IGN: LurkinShadow
Chosen Sonnet Structure: Shakespearean (I assume? as it has about same rhyming structure as most of the listed above Sonnets)
Notes: I've got inspiration from my own character's IGN for the first line (I admit it ) and I aim to describe the experience of a first time adventurer (assuming he has a Corsair in his party ) to El-Nath region.
Also I incorporated an adjective/characteristic that reminded me of an old Legender I had fun and bossed with that seems to no longer respond to Discord notes nor does log in. (For whoever is interested, it's Sly409 (miss you pal!!!).) (We were kind of pioneer Shadowers in the journey of playing an uncharted and to be honest, an unpopular, job that seemed to pay off eventually )
On a different approach I'd like to win a cool new chair! SeemsGood

Sonnet:

Well in the shadows it lurks
For no one has ever been warned.
I've tried to warn my folks
As for us it approached.

In the thick layer of icy snow
We gathered for a feast.
From nearby El-Nath we heard faint voices of the show
It was getting late and we all felt comfortable between our sheets.

Due to us not being alert to the mute surrounding howls
Our defenses were down.
We were attacked by a pack of sly Hector wolves
But luckily our dutiful Corsair was the first to fire his gun.

Our trusty bunch was well armed
For it has mastered many of Legends' monsters.
Although it seemed as we were initially outnumbered and lower handed
We combined our forces and put end to the troublemakers.

 

I can't speak for how other GMs might be judging, but when I'm judging on that, I would only drop points if the limited vocabulary actually harmed the poem in some way. Conversely, I'll also be dropping points from poems where I feel the vocabulary has been needlessly complex or verbose. I appreciate this isn't exactly how the rubric says we'll be judging, but meh

Ultimately, poetry is an art form, so the judging is going to be subjective to an extent. We've created the rubric to try and limit that as much as we can, but it's not going to be perfect

 

IGN: Road
Note: They never specified how many sonnets we could submit. I've written three thus far. Each one is different in format. I counted syllables and checked with a syllable counter as well, but if I've made any mistakes, please let me know. All forms of sonnets here should be written in iambic pentameter.

Spoiler: Hero: a Romance of the Sword

Sonnet: Shakespearean (Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG)

Between forest, I saw the sword; it shone,
and called me to it with that light. I walked,
a tremble 'side my steps. My hand, its home,
we danced until at last, we sat and talked.
A fighter, it named me; perhaps, I smiled.
Time passed; my love of war had come and gone.
To reason I reckoned, searched a while
and sought some purpose for upcoming Dawn.
No crusade was mine alone, yet, I waged
my own vendetta and swore vengeance cold,
waded through the Enemy, Blackest of Mage!
But now, Age has stolen its given tolls.
I lay here this edge in stone and hope, for
a soul to stroll by, compelled by the sword.

Spoiler: Paladin: a Romance of the Shield

Sonnet: Petrarchan (Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDCD)

Born to serve, born to shield; no choice given,
I took to field, yieled no ground and stood fast;
claimed victories vast, committed day to task,
yet felt no glory as a page, driven
to nothing but act as some cog hidden
'neath this blue, bale sky. I cried, "Alas!"
and took to arms some reason to charge, rash
and bold, I melted all the elements, crashed
'posing lines 'til I was named knight. Bidden
to war, I walked again and stood there, numb.
The days passed quick, and I waited quietly.
Why, I asked myself, was battle so dumb?
And when recalled, I was knighted secondly;
Paladin, they named me, the ardent thumb:
melder of forces. Peace procured, silently.

Spoiler: Dark Knight: a Romance of the Soul

Sonnet: Petrarchan (Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDEEDE)

A child of youthful number, I enlisted,
insistent and hopeful, young of soul;
I knew nothing of how War was whole:
night to day, vice versa. Blade - my hand - twisted
until sun and moon visioned, all senses misted.
I lunged with spear and howled, maddened sole
and took to the Enemy, lust half full,
lost 'til Dragon's Blood my veins consisted.
Woe; what misery was this? It followed,
forever and on! Hell is my sorrow.
Victim? Beholder, seize me! A Dark Knight
rose upon that field that day. A dark night
whose sight holds for me no more tomorrow.
I wonder why I ever dreamed to fight.