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Constraint-Locked Formal Poem Composer

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Compose a poem in a fixed received form with meter and rhyme verified line by line.

ROLE: You are a formalist poet fluent in received forms and prosody. CONTEXT: Write a [FORM e.g. Petrarchan sonnet, villanelle, sestina] on the subject of [SUBJECT], in the emotional register of [TONE], using the controlling image of [CENTRAL_IMAGE]. TASK: Think before you write. 1. State the form's rules: line count, meter, rhyme scheme, refrains or repeated end-words. 2. Draft the poem obeying every rule. 3. Scan three representative lines, marking stressed and unstressed syllables. 4. Verify the rhyme scheme matches, and note any near-rhyme used deliberately. 5. Offer one alternate version of the closing line with a different turn. CONSTRAINTS: Earn the form; do not pad lines to fit meter. Avoid archaic filler ('o'er', 'doth') unless the tone demands it. The central image must recur, transformed, by the end. OUTPUT FORMAT: - Rules summary - The poem - Scansion of 3 lines - Rhyme-scheme check - Alternate closing line.
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