Ottava Rima's Penance

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This is the third installment of the saga which began with the limerick, "Ottava Rima", and continued through the ottava rima, "Limerick".

Ottava Rima was made to recite
all ten commandments at the next high mass.
In her very private room she did write
them again and again just like in class.
By candlelight she stayed up every night
reading aloud with not a hint of sass.

She read them at mass; the tenth one by chance
began, “There once was a lady from France...”

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/25/2017 5:27:00 PM

Love this! Great humor, Dale!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 6/25/2017 5:36:00 PM

Thanks, Kim. I took your suggestion and wrote an ottava rima called, 'Limerick'. It's the second installment in the saga. Not sure what Ottava will do next. No doubt she'll be up to no good.

Janice Canerdy

Date: 6/25/2017 1:38:00 PM

Dale, this one is a HOOT--a well-written one. Janice

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 6/25/2017 5:34:00 PM

Thanks, Janice. Glad you like it.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/22/2017 8:08:00 PM

Oh I love this. You are so good at taking a poem's form and writing in parody of it!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 6/23/2017 1:15:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea. For some reason these more complex metered forms are easier that way. After seeing your rhyme scheme for hexsonnetta and considering how challenging it was for me to write a sonnet maybe it would be a good way to become more at ease with them.