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Chained Sonnet

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Isosyllabic, Simple, Pivot Requirement

 
Description: 

Each line begins with the last word of the preceding line.

 
Notes: 

To keep to iambic pentameter with this form, each line-ending word must be iambic and an even number of syllables to restart the next line keeping to meter.

 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

14

 
Line/Poem Length: 

14

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
See Also:  

Petrarchan Sonnet, Shakespearean Sonnet, Sonnet

 

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