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Date Posted: 18:30:33 03/22/03 Sat
Author: Robert Kiec
Subject: Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)
In reply to: Mrs. G. (for Mrs. Moya) :-) 's message, "LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 20:22:51 03/11/03 Tue

>After reviewing the characteristics of a sonnet,
>compose an original Elizabethan (Shakespearean) sonnet
>of 14 lines. Your theme may be traditional (i.e.,
>love, nature, etc.) or contemporary, but you must use
>the correct rhyme scheme (ababcdcdefefgg) and iambic
>pentameter. When you are finished, post your sonnet as
>a reply to this message. Get creative and have fun!

"Hurry, Gravedigger"

Gravedigger, listen, when you dig my grave.
I want it shallow, so that I feel rain.
Beating down on me, so I can feel brave.
Rain down on me, so that I feel no pain.
Don't stop and dwell on anything, just dig.
I don't want to rush, but look at my blood.
You need to hurry, leave me like a twig.
Dead and gone lying here in the wet mud.
Gravedigger, we all fall down in the end.
Don't hide, it'll find you soon enough.
Running won't help, always around the bend.
Hurry, this journey is getting too rough.
Now pour, I can feel it slip away.
Let me rest friend, but come back, please, someday.

~Inspired primarily by David Matthews' "Gravedigger" and other works by the same.

I know I probably used Iambic Pentameter horribly wrong, but close enough for me. ;)

Peace out.

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Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Phillip Nguyen, 01:11:50 03/23/03 Sun

Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- MIke, 07:22:59 03/23/03 Sun

Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Razvan Marc, 19:52:35 03/23/03 Sun