To be honest, this is my first attempt at a Sonnet. Learned about them in college and it was a project in ELA last year. I helped my student with this, but I never took it by the reins myself. Figured I’d give it a shot, but I’m not sure how this will go. Not a big fan of rhyming and iambic pentameter always threw me off. From what I can tell, it’s having 10 syllables in each line. Here we go:
We all exist to put pen to paper
Born with the drive to imagine new tales
Thoughts and dreams move in our minds like vapor
Imagination is wind in our sails
Most cannot understand our words or way
Meeting our excitement with a blank stare
A chosen few get what we try to say
We get energy knowing that they care
That small speck of support can mean the world
Converting us from dire dour to bright hope
Our creativity will be unfurled
Giving us the strength to flourish and cope
The life of an author is full of stress
It is a path that we gladly caress
I think you did pretty good. Especially for someone not used to the writing style.
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Thanks. It was a fun challenge.
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Wow! A sonnet is one of the hardest poems to write. Congrats on writing one!
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It is? I thought it was tough, but a basic one that all poets do at some point.
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Your Sonnet is excellent. Well done. Sonnets are difficult and not easy to write. ❤
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Thanks. Glad it worked.
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Another outstanding offering, Charles. Well done
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Thanks. 😁
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That’s great for a first attempt.
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Thanks.
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thanks for sharing.
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Welcome, Charles (also for explaining what a sonnet is) 😃
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Like this!
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Thanks for sharing.
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Very good Charles..
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Thanks. 😁
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Am excellent sonnet. I’ve never tried to write one, but you’ve inspired me!
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Thanks. Good luck. It wasn’t as hard as I imagined.
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The last couplet on a sonnet is the toughest thing to get right. Here, if we model it on the master Shakespeare with his ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’ a more pithy ending might be:
‘Although a poet’s life be full of stress,
‘Tis on a path we gladly will caress.’
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Would that work better with the rest of the poem being of more tongue?
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The rest says what it is trying to say. It is just that on the last lines, ideally, there should be more of a ‘wrap-up’.
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Got it.
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If this is your first sonnet then you have done very well – do you find yourself liking it as a form, and the iambic pentameters? For my part I am addicted to the sonnet and to the haiku. Good luck with your future writing!
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Thanks. It’s a challenge. I do prefer haiku though.
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