The curse of the Petrarchan Sonnet strikes again! Mwaaahaaahahaahaa! The gallant Sparky-Darky must defend herself from a hail of iambs all the while avoiding the treacherous rhyme schemes and the deadly caesurae. Not to mention the insidious melancholy of the dying Romantics. Will she survive? Tune in next week when the Perils of Pentameter will be battled again by our fearless heroine!
I've been teaching Romantic Lit, so some of it must be rubbing off. The problem with the Petrarchan sonnet is having to find so many words that rhyme without sounding like you're scraping the bottom of the barrel and being ludicrous.
I'm glad this was better than Keats--did that sound like hubris? (ducks lightning bolts of the gods). He does go on to write some achingly beautiful poetry. I do like his sonnet "On Looking into Chapman's Homer".
The Dauntless is growing on me. I'm really rather fond of her. Writing this in her point of view was not in the plans, but the muse is a bit of a tyrant. Thanks for letting me know her personality is coming out--"vulnerable whilst being fearless"--yes, that's her.
That "aura" is how Jack seems to me whenever he looks at a ship he wants. That ending where he goes to the Pearl's wheel like a bridegroom to his beloved . . . *Melt* No wonder they do their best for him.
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Date: 2005-09-20 09:10 pm (UTC)I've been teaching Romantic Lit, so some of it must be rubbing off. The problem with the Petrarchan sonnet is having to find so many words that rhyme without sounding like you're scraping the bottom of the barrel and being ludicrous.
I'm glad this was better than Keats--did that sound like hubris? (ducks lightning bolts of the gods). He does go on to write some achingly beautiful poetry. I do like his sonnet "On Looking into Chapman's Homer".
The Dauntless is growing on me. I'm really rather fond of her. Writing this in her point of view was not in the plans, but the muse is a bit of a tyrant. Thanks for letting me know her personality is coming out--"vulnerable whilst being fearless"--yes, that's her.
That "aura" is how Jack seems to me whenever he looks at a ship he wants. That ending where he goes to the Pearl's wheel like a bridegroom to his beloved . . . *Melt* No wonder they do their best for him.