Love never suffers shame
Lovers fair troubles gained
In the perfect gaze, her name
Love echoed, highly attained
Summers day, flowers rave in bloom
Nature calls, love demands in prayer
In silent thought, sexual applause in his room
Her heart opens and unlocks each answer
Time is never wasted, love will lead on
Young affections torn, but always prized in song
Never a sad tune, until their will can be done
In righteous fervour, love can do no wrong
Everlasting, like fine flowers only to compare
An ordinary world, without love, impossible!
Author notes
The Masked Sonneteer is launching a monthly sonnet challenge. Each month the masked one will host two challenges offering a sonnet variant. One challenge will be for experienced sonnet writers and one will be for beginners and writers who prefer offering the same variant in it's basic form.
This contest is for beginners and writers who prefer working without meter, whilst maintaining the schematics of English sonnet, which are listed below.
The English (Shakesperian) Sonnet
This sonnet poem of fourteen 10 syllable lines. The fourteen lines are composed of three quatrains and a heroic couplet. There is a pivot, a change of meaning or direction, that occurs somewhere between the eighth and thirteenth line.
The rhyme scheme for the sonnet is as follows
a.b.a.b.
c.d.c.d.
e.f.e.f.
g.g.
Your challenge is to write an English sonnet using the following quote as a prompt.
Give all to love; obey thy heart. ~~ Raplh Waldo Emerson
Happy Quilling!!!
El Zorro
A contest entry
- The Masked Sonneteer's Monthly Challenge September 2009 - The English (Shakespearian) Sonnet (Simple Form) by Masked Sonneteer.
700 points, ended October 4, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Thank for your entry.
This is a lovely poem making a richly worded use of the prompt. However I feel you would have faired much better with the judges if you had kept an eye on the form requirements asked for. I strongly encourage you to keep writing with the sonnet structure as you have the imagination needed to create beautiful poetry.
Well done.
Z
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In line 9 ...
there should not be an "s" on "Times". In line twelve, you mean "no wrong", not "know wrong".
Good luck with your writing in future. -
wow, i liked that!!! i don't agree with it, but i still think it's amazing!
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