Bryn Strudwick Poet Sonnet

Urban Sonnet - To Be Or Not To Be

URBAN SONNET – TO BE OR NOT TO BE

How would Shakespeare view an urban sonnet,
If, by some chance, he came back down today?
Do you reckon he’d look kindly on it?
Or would he simply shake his head and say,
“For sonnets there are rules you must obey.
This would not be accepted in my day.
A sonnet should have fourteen lines of rhyme;
And yet you’ve written half-a-dozen more.
Standards have dropped a little since my time.
I know my critics say that I’m a bore
But all my sonnets total one five four
And every one had fourteen lines for sure.
And furthermore, your rhyming pattern’s wrong.
It should not be A B A B B B.
That’s why you’ve made the verses much too long.
And then you’ve gone C D C D D D,
E F E F F F, so can’t you see
That’s why your sonnet’s much too long for me?
    Your final resolution I’ll accept..
    G G I see is one rule that you’ve kept”. 

27th May 2019
Urban Sonnet Contest
Sponsor - Emile Pinet

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Emile Pinet May 31, 2019 at 1:23 PM Congratulations Bryn! Your poem earned a distinguished place in my contest. This contest was very tough to judge because I was very strict on Rhyming, well done my friend, Emile.

Bryn Strudwick May 29, 2019 at 8:31 AM Hi again, Emile. I think this a moot point. I can only assume that "How many syllables" considers "wouldn't" and "shouldn't" to be one syllable each. I'm not sure that I agree but will change them to "would not" and "should not" I'll get there in the end!!

Bryn Strudwick May 29, 2019 at 2:43 AM Emile, I am mortified at my carelessness. I scribbled it first and made the mistakes in typing it. I will resubmit with lines two and twenty corrected. May thanks for giving me to opportunity to try again. Best wishes, Bryn