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.
Fallen
Darkness bleeds over my valley of sleep
Swallowing glimpses of lackluster light
Wasting my soul against purpose I keep
Dawn's broken promise yields prison of night.
Nightmares haunt reticent hearts until black
Eloquent dreams of Love's past did reside
Dying my death with me, not coming back
Brilliance, return to me, burning inside.
Lovelorn proclivity ending its reign
Memories fallen like ash from the sky
Shrouded this mortal's hope, easing the pain
Dimming the fire without asking why.
Sun pierces clouds over battlefields stained
Shines down on transients here to remain.
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