There were two main things I was considering revising regarding the Sestina I made about the World Cup. The biggest thing I needed to fix was my ending tercet. As indicated by my opening stanza, the end word "one" is used four times. However, I had originally used it only three times in the tercet. Once I fixed that, I considered possibly changing a few of the ending "one"s to different words, but decided against it because I was able to develop a few witty turns of phrase with the score lines and the word "won" that its repetition was too good to pass up. My revised sestina is below.
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One World Cup
By Trevor Kennedy
For the experience that most
captivates our world, there can be only one
A tournament where 32 teams
come together as one
6 qualification zones follow
the road of one
All vying for the prize that
can belong only to one
In 2014, Brazil will host the
World
A world that has the unifying
dream of someday raising the Cup
Spain enter the tournament as
defending champions of the Cup
Their Group B Rivals the
Netherlands, lost to Spain in the 2010 Final 0-1
In this Group, Chile seem
poised to shock the World
These 3 nations will fight in
the group to be numbers 2 and 1
The top two places keep the
dream alive for fans of which soccer and life are one
But Australia, the underdogs,
still keep faith that this year they might be the one
In this tournament, the
phrases Group of Death and Group G are basically one
They say you have to beat the
best to win this elusive Cup
However, favorites Germany
nearly did so in the last one
For Portugal, this could be
their year to be number one
Although Ghana said the same
thing before they were the one,
Robbed by Suarez’s evil hand
in front of the whole world.
That could very well be the
toughest group in the World
But aren’t I forgetting some
one?
Oh yes, the United States,
the unfortunate side when Ghana one.
But 4 years has instilled a
new confidence in Americans going into the Cup
Many people, including
myself, believe Jurgen Klinnsman is the Special One
To top it all of, in
qualifying, we proved that we were North America’s Number 1
And then we have France, the
confusing one
They had a great run in 2006,
losing to Italy, the champions of the world
And in 2010 and in a weak
group, they were predicted to be number one
But they blew it and couldn’t
win a single game, not even one
And with it, their chance at
claiming another Cup
With another shot at the
trophy in Brazil 2014, perhaps they won’t blow this one
Lastly, we have the world’s
new laughing stock. England! That’s the one!
In 2010, they scored early vs
the USA, then their sorry keeper handed back one
Meanwhile, their own players
and coaches self-destructed in their run for the Cup
And finally, they were humiliated
by Germany in front of the whole world,
By a disastrous score of 4-1
Maybe 2014 has a pleasant
memory in store instead of a haunting one.
All one can know is that
Brazil 2014 will be one full of moments
For every good one, there
will be one just as bad
But be sure, this will be a
special World Cup
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