Includes sonnet by Albert Solomon: Polonaise II

Solomon, Albert

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A l t h o ug h  t h e  mater ia l  o n  t h e  R u t h e n i a n s  is fasc i na t i ng and va l ua ble in i t s  o w n  r ig h t ,  S k o v i ra 's t rea t me n t  of t h e  gro u p  is too genera l  a nd too  d i ve r s i fied t o  provide t h e  rea d e r  w i t h  a clea r assessment of the  g r o u p .  es peci a l l y  w i t h  rega rd t o  t h e  d y na mics  o f  et h ni c i t y  a nd t o  t h e  pers is te nce a nd c h a nge o f  t h e  fo l k  s y m b o l s .  Per h a ps a c l ose r s t u d y  is wa rra n t e d :  an a n a l ys i s  of t h e s peci fi c  rel i g i o us and c u l t u ra l  symbols of a s i ngle pa rish m i g h t  yield m o re evocat ive c o n c l u s i o n s .  Z o ra De\T n j a  Z i m me rman I owa State  U n i versity S O N  l ETS P O LO N A I S E 1 1 *  A ve r t i ng  o u r  P o l i s h  eyes rose-borde red se l f-owned h omesteads c o m p o u nd ed w i t h  S lav ic  sweat t roopi ng to  e ig h t  o 'c lock mass t h a t  propaganda wa rren a broga t i on of  cus tom a l l  for the  grea ter  g lory Set loose l i ke h u ngry ra bb i t s  aga i nst tomato  p at ch es .  re venge for d egra dat i o n s  wit h t h e  n o rt hern opp ressor for m o re a cc l i m a t i z i ng .  than a l l  o f  t h ose s k i rm i s hes we s k u l ked past thos e  v,:h i tened fashioned of A nglo wea l t h be n igh ted hool iga ns t hen on t o  co nvent sc h oo l  wh ere s u r render  was t a ught l a nguage paga n m ores o f  soc i a l  a dj us tment .  we'd i ns t igate forays R e bel l i o u s l y  we sought c o n t i n ued our d ue l t h e n  back to school aga i n That ta ught  us more of stea l t h  w h i c h  left u s  so frightened.  - A l bert S o l o l1lon *The  ed i t o r  no tes  t ha t  t h e  a u t h o r  notes:  A word of exp la na t i o n  a b o u t  t h e  form [ of SONNETS POLONAISE I I ]  . . .  a traditional son net is fourteen l ines of iambic  pentameter ( 1 0  syllables per line). However. I expe r i m en ted w i t h  t h e  form.  ] n  Po l i sh  poet ry a th i r teen sy l lab ic  l i ne i �  p o p u la r : 7 s y l la b les , a pause (caesura ) ,  a nd 6 s y l l a b les .  U n l i ke E ng l is h  t h ere i s  n ot a s  much e m p has is  o n  t h e  regular i ty  of t h e  st ressed s y l l a b ic .  T h i r tee n . t hen ,  beca m e  t he magic n u m ber  for my s on nets : a 1 3  sy l l a hlc  l i ne ;  1 3  l i nes for t h e  s o n ne t ;  rh y m es for l i nes I - I  J .  2- 1 2. 3- 1 1 .  4 - 1 0 . )-9.  6-8 , 7 u n rh y m e d . T h ere is a nat u ra l  pause a fter  the fi rst sC\ ,l'n s y l l a b b  of each l i ne a nd a pa use ( t h o ug h lesser) a ft er t h e  second s i .\ .  I t  i �  a n  e x peri men t a l  fo r m .  u n i q ue t o  m y  pro p osed s o n net cyc le . 34 

Sonnets Polonaise II

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Sonnets Polonaise II

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