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The Cornish Sonnet
My dear friend and fellow Writing.com poet Char   introduced me to the Cornish Sonnet. I will feature here Cornish sonnet in the addition to Researching Poetry. I have not yet written my first Cornish Sonnet and look forward to trying this challenging sonnet form.
I found very little about this form on the internet, as it one of those rare sonnet forms. The Poets Garret states:
At the same time as travelers were influencing the courts and introducing the sonnet form to England and France, traders in the southern ports of England were also bringing in their own forms of poetry. These forms consisted of hybrid poetry influenced by those Arab traders who plied their trade with the ports along the Mediterranean and the tin mines of Cornwall. This is one possible solution as to why the poetry of Celts of Cornwall did not survive until the written language was able to record their poetry.
This sonnet form is similar to the hybrid poetry that emerged from that part of the world.
http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/2006Challenge/six.html
The following information comes directly from Char in her Writing.com article, "Invalid Item"  .
Char states,
“The rhyming pattern for a Cornish Sonnet is:”
A. b. a. c. b. c.... D. e. d. f. e. f.... A. D.
or
a. b. a. c. b. C.... d. e. d. f. e. F.... C. F.
Note the capital letters in the above rhyme schemes. They mean that you repeat the entire phrase, not just rhyme the word. That's where (a) cool two line phrase can be used. Split up your phrase using the first line of the phrase as the first line of stanza number one and then the last line of your phrase as the first line stanza two. The final couplet will be your outstanding phrase just like you envisioned it.”
(Note: This sounds confusing, but Char has chosen two lines (which she calls phrases):
“Will you come and walk with me awhile”
“There is comfort in our walks together”
In her poem below, “Will you come and walk with me awhile” is line 1 of stanza 1 and the other line, “There is comfort in our walks together,” is line one of 1 of stanza 2. The first phrase is the first line of the closing couplet and the second line is the second line of the closing couplet. The other lines in the poem follow the rhyme scheme shown above.
In the second rhyme pattern Char gives above - a. b. a. c. b. C.... d. e. d. f. e. F.... C. F. - the first phrase would be used in line 6 of stanza 1 and the second phrase in line 6 of stanza 2 and they would appear in the same order in the closing couplet.)
Of the Cornish Sonnet, Char also states, “If you wished to go for the traditional question/answer/conclusion, you would pose your question/opinion in the first stanza of a, b, a, c, b, C and then pose your answer/alternate opinion in the next stanza of d, e, d, f, e, F. Your conclusion is written in the final couplet C, F.”
Of meter in the Cornish Sonnet, Char states, “The very meaning of sonnet gives us a reminder to keep a good, consistent flow throughout our poem, a particular meter, such as iambic pentameter, is not required for this form.”
Following is Char’s poem “Walk with Me” – a Cornish Sonnet written with the A. b. a. c. b. c.... D. e. d. f. e. f.... A. D. rhyming scheme. I will put the first phrase in red and the second phrase in green to highlight them.
Walk with Me
Will you come and walk with me awhile,
Down the trail where the ferns grow thickly spread
And the light is filtered through the pines
To play like bits of lace upon the ground?
When we walk beside the water shed
Will you take my hand in our strolls around?
There is comfort in our walks together,
A companionship which I have grown to love.
Strolling hills lined thickly now with heather,
Their fragrance bringing peace to aging hearts.
We've climbed to see the eagles flight above
And to see the chicks awaiting their new start.
Will you come and walk with me awhile?
There is comfort in our walks together.
© 2006 Charlene S Noto
Char
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