Maryann,
There will be other "paired" sonnets as well as the bake-off progresses. I have paired several sonnets up so that readers may compare two "takes" on the same theme. I disagree that either of the sonnets posted today suffers from being in one another's company.
Everyone knows that the three main themes in poetry are life, death, and love (although one of my favorite Uruguayan poets, Mario Benedetti, would argue -- and he does -- that the three main themes as far as he is concerned, are love, life and women).
Of the thirteen finalists, five fall into the life/death category, seven into love, and one is about animals. However, in some cases, life, death, and love overlap. In one case, life and animals overlap.
Without giving anything away, of the 26 shortlisted (i.e., the thirteen finalists and thirteen I wish I could have chosen as well -- and I will name them at the end of the bake-off), a full twenty deal with life, death and love.
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