The Beymorlin sonnet is a double-rhymed sonnet form requiring internal rhyme as well as end rhyme. The internal rhyme must fall on the 2nd syllable of each line. The rhyme schemes may be Shakespearean or Petrarchan, but the two must match within any single poem. Call attention to internal rhyme with underlining, as shown in the two examples,which are taken from
Encore, 1999.
ATTIC VOICES
(Note in this example that the internal and end rhymes are both Shakespearean.)
The
dust explodes through morning rays of sun
And
scatters like a nightworks summer night,
While
rusty whispers cough, then jump and run,
And
splatter into nothingness in flight.
Thick
guardian webs hold tightly to the door,
But
secrets beckon me to set them free.
They
pardon my intrusion - as before -
When
deepest love imprisoned all of me.
And
there I wept. With trembling heart and hand,
I
turn the brass, and seek to bind the tie.
I
dare indulge the shackled ghost's command
I
yearn to dream to one more lullaby.
Oh, dearest Gran! How could my heart have known
That here, for me, is shelved your wedding gown.
Jeani M. Picklesimer, Ashland, KY
RESTORATION
(Note matching Petrarchan rhyme schemes in this second example.)
The
canvas of my life is thickly spread
With
layers, overpainted, while I sign,
And
say each is the best I can design,
But
plan another, as the words are said.
If
I could mold myself of daily clay,
Des
troy the armature deep at my core,
Em
ploy a finer chisel than before
Or
try new stone to carve for my display --
I
would begin my tale with chapter one;
Re
write the wasted years, erase the shame.
De
feat, despair and failure I would scorn.
I
could be splendid when my work was done.
A
bright new talent critics would acclaim.
How
sweet, if dreams, like days, were newly born!
Dian S. Barnett, Marietta, GA
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