I was working with 5 young ladies on
Thursday. They decided to learn about sonnets. So, we read a few
different kinds, went over a few rules, looked at different meters and
rhyming schemes. Here are the 'simplified rules' they choose to follow:
1) each line will have 10 syllables
2) the poem will have 14 lines
3) 3- four line stanzas and 1-two line stanza
4) rhyming pattern of a-b-a-b c-d-c-d e-f-e-f g-g
5) the first 3 stanzas mostly describe the last one reflects
The young ladies were all pretty happy with their finished poems, with
good reason! They did a great job. I am posting the one that I
found--and still do-- find most haunting. It a tiny window into the way
the author views love right now....
Love's
Spell
By:
Athena Rose
She
always takes the wrong turn in this maze.
Heart
avoiding all the signs thrown at her.
Walking
around in circles, eyes are dazed,
Confused,
her mind only sees a big blur.
She
tells herself she won't let love blind her;
Let
it leave her there standing, knees shaking.
To
bad its already taken over,
She
turns, but nothing changes anything.
Filled
with all kinds of bitter jealousy,
She
tries to step back and forget it all.
No
matter how she tries, she isn't free.
Feelings
of frustration and love enthrall.
Are
these feelings so complicated?
Is
it me being manipulated?
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Jul. 19, 2006 - okay, wow again...
Jessica