11 MAY 1991, Page 53

No. 1678: Sonnet for a Picture

This is the title of a real poem with the following rhyme-scheme: gasp, ache, make, asp, grasp, bake, cake, hasp, abo- minable, woes, nose, spell, sews, hell. You are invited to write a sonnet with this rhyme-scheme and this title. A tenner to anyone who identifies the original poem. Entries to 'Cothpetition No. 1678' by 24 May.