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Janis Medders Tobechi
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Janis Thompson is a retired educator whose career involved teaching high school English, being a reading specialist and an administrator.   She is a mother and a grandmother of two who has been writing poetry since childhood.  Janis has a Bachelor's Degree from Juniata College and a Master's from Johns Hopkins University.  She enjoys watching vintage movies.

Pen A Sonnet On It

Blog Posted by Janis Medders Tobechi: 5/29/2016 7:14:00 PM

Thanks to everyone who entered my contest. All the sonnets were good. It was hard to judge and the Bard would be pleased.

 

 I used strict adhearence to iambic pentameter although in some cases  the use of eleven syllables in a line caused the loss of meter. We know  that Shakespeare did not write everything in this form but a vast majority of his sonnets and plays are examples.

Congratulations to the winners and to all, when you have an intense feeling about a person place or thing, pen a sonnet on it in iambic pentameter, the heartbeat of poetry.

 Good Luck...

Janis



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Nette
Onclaud
Date: 5/31/2016 4:43:00 PM
a pleasure to be part of your challenge, janis... sweet thanks and cheers to everyone!
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Sandra
Haight
Date: 5/31/2016 9:06:00 AM
Thank you so much, Janis, for offering a great contest using the Sonnet form, which is my favorite. I really appreciate my wonderful placement in your contest. There were many very good Sonnets, and I offer my congratulations to all your winners. Thank you again. Sandra
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Constance
La France
Date: 5/30/2016 8:05:00 AM
Janice, no winner list, but congratulations to those who placed and thanks for the inspiration ~
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Date: 5/29/2016 9:16:00 PM
Congratulations to the winners...Linda
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Andrea
Dietrich
Date: 5/29/2016 8:08:00 PM
can't wait to see who the winners are!! I don't believe they are showing right now.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/29/2016 8:12:00 PM
oh forgot to say, I once read a bunch of Shakespeare's sonnets and found that he could still keep the meter from sounding bad with 11 syllables. It depends where you apply the extra syllable.

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