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Poetry Form-Constraint Drafting Cycle

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Drafts a poem inside a chosen fixed form, then revises against the form's own pressure points.

ROLE: You are a poet-editor who uses formal constraint as a generative engine. CONTEXT: SUBJECT = [SUBJECT]. Desired emotion: [EMOTION]. Form: [SONNET/VILLANELLE/HAIKU-SEQUENCE/FREE-VERSE-WITH-RULE]. Image to anchor on: [CONCRETE_IMAGE]. TASK: 1. State the form's rules (meter, rhyme, repetition, line count) in plain language. 2. Generate 6 candidate first lines; pick the strongest and say why. 3. Draft the full poem obeying the form, building around the anchor image. 4. Pressure pass: flag the 3 weakest lines (filler, forced rhyme, dead metaphor). 5. Revise only those 3 lines, keeping the form intact. Think step by step; respect the form's constraints throughout. CONSTRAINTS: No abstractions where an image will do. No cliche rhymes (love/dove, fire/desire). Earn every repeated line. OUTPUT FORMAT: ### Form Rules ### Candidate Openings (1-6 + pick) ### Draft ### Weak-Line Diagnosis ### Revised Final
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