Contest: Write a Shakespearian sonnet about anything you like. The winner gets my nattie Iluvu, who can be found on my profile! Alternatively, the winner can choose one of my nattie Ebilias, also on my profile.
Don't know what a sonnet is? See Rule #1 and this example of Shakespeare's Sonnet #29:
When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf Heav'n with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope
With what I most enjoy contented least.
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at Heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Rules
1 – All sonnet rules apply. Your poem must:
• be 14 lines long
• contain 10 syllables in each line
• be written in iambic pentameter
• follow the Shakespearian rhyming scheme (ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG)
2 – All Res rules apply. Plagiarism is absolutely not tolerated and you will be banned from the contest if your entry infringes any copyright.
3 – When writing your sonnet, please use correct spelling and grammar.
4 – Every user may enter twice, but once you enter you cannot revise your entries, so make sure they're exactly the way you want them to be before you post.
5 – Contest ends at the end of the month, Nov. 31, midnight Res time. The contest is officially over when I post "CONTEST OVER".
Winner:
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First Runner-Up:
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Second Runner-Up:
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Honorable Mentions:
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