Jacqueline Quinn

WORKING NOTES FROM JACQUELINE QUINN:

My work with the sonnet comes from a desire to understand the historical dimensions of verse, which I consider to be left-brained, or logical in its patterns of rhythm and rhyme. My sonnets are meant as jazz renditions of an established form. The slashes are used to strengthen this effect, lending a syncopated quality. These sonnets maintain the traditional rhyme pattern, with the jazz entering through the syllabic use of the iamb.