Oh no you do not, sweet maiden, this is my place.
Just for you Andrew:
Rules - noun - one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere.
Love to. Bet I could learn a lot from him.
I am an ass more often than I wish I was.
I think that to call it a specific type of poetry it should meet the definition on that form.
I used to think that poetry was divided into several types, including free verse. I have changed my way of thinking because of the great pieces of work here and how they relate; and also from exchanges with very talented writers of poetry we have.
I know think of all poetry as just poetry, with certain subsets of specialized writing within the whole. I feel that if you changed a sonnet so that it no longer met the standard criteria of a sonnet that it stays poetry, but leaves that specific subset.
Though I used to prefer more formalized styles, I have come to enjoy all forms now. Just wish I could write them half as well as Larry or Yas.