Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Shakespeare Lessons

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Date Posted: 21:29:54 03/23/03 Sun
Author: Alyssa Bosak
Subject: Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)
In reply to: Seema Patel 's message, "Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 20:22:03 03/23/03 Sun

>>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!
>
>A storm rages and chaos is at sea
>The battle between life and death is close.
>The sea seems to have won a victory
>But through the night sky, a savior light glows.
>
>Throughout the barren landscape, dark and bleak
>All one can see is pain and drudgery
>Cold winter winds assault the skin and shriek
>Yet spring vows to come with a lone posy.
>
>It's the lighthouse saving the doomed vessel,
>The promise that better is yet to come,
>The light at the end of a damp tunnel,
>To alleviate the yearnings of some.
>
>In the dark swamp there is a lotus bright
>Just as in darkness, there will be a light.

Wow that was really good Seema, good job. I liked the subjec/topic that you chose. Good word choices.

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