Romantic Forms Challenge Final Judges (if you accept)

These shall be the "Romantic Forms Challenge" judges if they accept call, Ismail, ¡Britt!, ♥Angela♥, JHarrison, Sondos, Steven Beesley, Musicality.

Judges, we sincerely thank you and wish you well in this great undertaking. May your judgments live up to and honor the highest esteem of poetry. May the poetry gods be with you and allow you the soundest and rightest of judgments, as to the quality of the individual works!!!

Style (Forms) to be judge by the judges:

Sonnet:

1. a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines, usually containing ten-syllable to each line. There are many rhyming patterns for sonnets, but typically they are written in iambic pentameter, according to a prescribed scheme.

2. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.

Note: participants may play with sonnet structure creating their own. They may create their own original sonnet, making up their own rhyme scheme. The format of 10 syllables (iambic pentameter) and 14 lines that is unique to sonnet form must be strictly kept, but rhyme scheme of sonnet can be whatever poet wishes (rhyming pattern must be noted though).

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/sonnet.html

Ode: (ōd) 1. A lyric poem characterized by lofty feeling, elaborate form, and dignified or elevated style; a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. 2. A lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style, varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms. 3. A lyrical poem praising or glorifying a person, place, or thing.

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/ode.html

ACROSTIC POEM: A poem in which the first letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject.

Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same word or words as in the title.

Acrostic- a poem where the first letter of each line spells a word that can be read vertically

Acrostics: a poem wherein, the first letter of each line or alternating rhymed line of a poem come together to form a word and/or phrase.

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/acrostic.html

Quatern: A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme.

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/quatern.html

Nonet: A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine that finishes with one syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/nonet.html

Rictameter: Rictameter is a scheme similar to Cinquain. Starting your first line with a two syllable word, you then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two. i.e. 2,4,6,8,10 then down again, 8,6,4,2 making the final line the same two syllable word you began with.

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/rictameter.html

Etheree: The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.

Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

...Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on!

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/etheree.html

Note: JHarrison has expressed interest in being lead (chief) judge on sonnets, but will judge anything though. If the rest of you judges have any prefrence to style you'd like to lead judge on let it be known. It shall be first come first served, and any forms not accounted for shall be handed, given out randomly. Once again judges thanks for your time and assistance.

You may post your acceptance here or in the orginal post.

Again, thank you, your participation and assistance very much appreciated!!!

I'd love to judge the Odes if nobody else minds

All the Best
Sondos

Mike, each judge will be chiefly responsible for judging one style (category) and would have to give, judge thier top 3 in each, every. Those who participate in the challenge as writers will be able to write in any and all of the categories they chose. And as I stated earlier the judges will be assinged a specific of which they are head judge (the one whose opinion counts) as well and in addition to them judging all. As they accept the call to judge, I am allowing the judges to pick thier prefrence of which category they'd like to be lead judge in, on a first come first serve basis.

I'd love the Etheree's

I will judge the acrostics

Good luck judges! I know with all the writers we have it will be a tuff competition!

--Sher

Quatern is the only style left, which means, if you choose to accept Bees, then Steven, you will be judging Quaterns. Steven, I do hope you choose to formally accept the call and officially sign on as a judge, and once you do, we can and shall get the challenge officially started. Here's to a good competition!!!

Steven can't judge due to work contrains. I shall recruit another judge to judge Quaterns and off we go.