Challenge
Let's bring back sonnets! I challenge you to write a Shakespearean sonnet. 14 lines, the first 12 lines are separated into 3 quatrains with 4 lines each. The last 2 lines are its own couplet at the end. Each line has 10 syllables. It is an iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is as follows: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. For more of an explanation follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/SonnetHowTo or message me any questions. For an example follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/18Sonnet.
Sonnet : Love and Death
(Not sure if I'm doing this right, but tried to follow the rules.)
Alone, no breath upon my neck tonite,
Bereft, so cold, the heat of passion passed,
Lamenting life on wings in hasty flight
Away, away, so far from human grasp.
In fear I cringe yet by my side you rest,
In darkness dwell, in morbid time project,
What twist of mind, what mental game, what test?
Corrupted vow to honor and protect?
As blood still flows and lungs inhale the day,
Let souls unite, our hearts together twined
We’ll greet the sun and join it on its way,
No more, no more, in fearful tears drown time.
I prayed an angel rescue me from grief
Now dread he'll go and death be my relief.
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