A rose on your grave I wish you farewell,
moistened with the tears that fall from my eyes.
Yellow of lasting friendship, it's no surprise,
a church bells ring out in this living hell.
The pain buried so deep no one can tell,
wished you'd known of my love, you'd realized.
Never got a break, he didn't compromise,
even when yourself he decided to sell.
Loved you since our first kiss so long ago,
but you married him, then moved far away.
I would have done anything for you to stay,
and let this fledgling new love start to grow.
Instead, today, I watch you get buried,
on this Earth now, In my heart's where you're carried.
Author notes
Sonnets I: Italian
It would be difficult for anyone who reads or writes poetry to have never come in contact with a sonnet of some kind. It is probably the most famous poetry form of all in its many variations. The classical poets who wrote sonnets often wrote them in a series that had a larger, more dramatic purpose. However, when writing a sonnet, you need to keep in mind, that each sonnet, even when created to complement others, should have a point and purpose alone.
Sonnets began as an Italian form of poetry. In fact, the very word "sonnet" is is from the Italian word "sonetto" that means "little song". It seems a very fitting name for the form as well. When written with skill, this form of poetry is exceptionally beautiful and melodious with both rhythm and rhyme.
The Italian sonnet is also called the Petrarchan Sonnet and consists of an octave (8 line stanza) and a sestet (6 line stanza). The octave has eight lines lines following the same scheme of abbaabba.
After the octave, there is a volta, or "change" in view or subject that follows in the sestet. So, the octave opens the poem and provides a setting and the sestet sums up the poem as well as closes it. The rhyme scheme for the sestet in the Petrarchan Sonnet is not as fixed as the octave. Some of the sestet variations in scheme can be as follows:
1. cdecde
2. cdcdcd
3. ccedde
4. cddcee
5. cdecde
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This is so beautiful! So sad yet so beautiful. The sonnet is made for love poetry and you have taken full advantage of this. Well done!
Love,
Amera♥
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And congratulations on being the first person to enter
This is a beautiful example of this form. Thankyou so much for entering this piece in my contest, and good luck!!
Maria
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