The Sonnet of Jane Doe

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I was not happy with my poem, “The Ballet of Robert William Picton”, so I composed this companion poem, “The Sonnet of Jane Doe. “ A modern sonnet written in three quatrains of Clerihew Rhyme and a closing couplet, 14 lines and 106 words centered for aesthetic symmetry.

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The Sonnet of Jane Doe Jane Doe, number one four two. What is your name, what did you do? Were you a sister a banker or whore? We want to know what you did before. Were you a daughter, mother, or aunt? Without your name we just can’t, find your family, parents, or home, and you will lay here dead and alone. We want to find the ones you did love, so they can know you’re in heaven above. You were a person not just a thing, what is your name so your loved ones can sing. Jane Doe, number one four two. What was your name, what did you do? By Josehf Lloyd Murchison

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