Yes, a sontina. It is a form of poetry that I invented. As far as I know, the poem I posted on my blog today, Xarpo, is the only sontina in existence.
A sontina is a mix of a sonnet and a sestina!
Here are the rules so you can try a sontina (which spellcheck keeps changing to fontina). Write lots of them, send them out into the world, and let's get the sontina ball rolling!
Format: 14 lines in 3 stanzas (a sonnet's 14 lines and a sestina's use of stanzas)
End words: the first 2 stanzas follow the repetition rules of sestinas
Stanza 1: EW1
EW2
EW3
EW4
EW5
EW6
Stanza 2: EW6
EW1
EW5
EW2
EW3
EW4
Meter: 10 syllables per line for the first two stanzas (this is the least of the rules)
Couplet: a rhymed couplet, like a sonnet, that uses all 6 end words in any order, like a sestina
Please use Xarpo as a guide, along with these instructions.
Have fun and send me what you come up with!
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