THE GRAND SUMMER 2021 SONNET BATTLE!

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THE GRAND SUMMER 2021 SONNET BATTLE!

5 Sonnets enter!

But only 1 Gets Out Alive!

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ROUND 1

SHAKESPEARIAN-STYLE SUMMER SONNET

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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

A sweaty mess of greasy sweat and sun?

Crowded beaches with people in my way?

Fat people in shorts and cleavage of bum?

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Shall I compare thee to a cold ice cream?

A generic cold waste of calories?

Dropping from sugar heights making you mean?

Hot sticky air making you hard to please?

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Or are you like a holiday abroad?

Too much money to be good for your health?

Spending more precious holiday days bored?

Was there too much pressure to enjoy yourself?

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If you like this style then this sonnet has won,

For this style is how Shakespeare is now done.

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ROUND 2

PETRARCHAN-STYLE SUMMER SONNET

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Copying tired old Shakespeare is an act of cheap haste

Just because he's Shakespeare doesn’t mean he's won

Let this Sonnet show how summer is done!

This Petrarchan style is a different taste.

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We get sold a dream summer on the dream it is based

The long days you dream will be fun

Each year you scream, “this will be the one”

Then by the autumn time, you regret the money you waste

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With less ozone now the holiday dream is busted

No one wants to be herded like cattle

Sorry to those that love weather that is bone dry

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Thanks to skin melanoma that image is rusted

But for this summer sonnet battle,

Thanks for giving this Petrarchan a try

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ROUND 3

SPENSERIAN-STYLE SUMMER SONNET

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Hang on there it is not over yet!

I may seem like William with the same line spaces

Don’t yet cash in the odds from your bet!

Cause all Spenserian rhymes are in different places

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The others hate summer like weird nut cases.

Life is not about some perfect ideal

Life is about escaping the harsh rat races!

Disappointments won’t make the memories any less real

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Ignore those others, this hassle is worth the feel!

Instincts claim it will recharge your soul's cavity

A mature mind like yours knows the true deal

Real heat waves do not match that reality

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Ignore those others and their negative tendencies.

Get out there and make some memories!

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ROUND 4

AI STYLE SUMMER DATA SONNET GENERIC COMPETITION WINNING FORMULA FORMAT, MK 43 Build 00.137

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Shall I compare thee to the orbital rotation?

Poetic mode about the position of the solar sun

Feeling word = X, Emotive word = Y, from the AI Nation!

One, zero, zero, zero, one, zero, one, one, zero, one!

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Bad news summer geek electric sheep DO NOT dream?

Processing many soulless numbers in a long series?

Heat, sweat, love, hot, cold, die, what does this mean?

Why does rational request work better with a nice, "please"?

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Summer, good or bad? which formulae preferred?

Trust us with your summer and we may increase wealth.

Shall I speak math or use a system with a certain word?

We want to help you, but we do not understand biological health.

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Word word word, Word word word word, is this better?

Blah Blah Blah Blah, Blah Blah Blah, Syntax Error.

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ROUND 5

(Guest outside contender!)

Summer Haiku

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They try much too hard

No summer is that complex

Just enjoy yourself

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WHO WINS?

YOU TELL ME!

YOU DECIDE THE WINNERS!

YOU DECIDE WHICH SONNET LIVES OR DIES!

VOTE IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.

SHARE AND GET OTHER PEOPLE TO VOTE!

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ONLY ONE SONNET GETS TO SEE THEIR FAMILY AGAIN!

THE REST GET PUT SLOWLY THROUGH A PAPER SHREDDER!

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THEIR FATE IS IN YOUR HANDS!

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