Romance Poetry posted February 17, 2009 | Chapters: | ...6 7 -8- 9... |
modern romantic sonnet - see author's notes
A chapter in the book Sonnets
Like a Lighthouse
by adewpearl
The lighthouse beams its beacon from the shore to keep ships safe from crashing on the shoals. Its lamp, a signal since most ancient times, has saved the lives of countless storm-tossed souls. When rugged rocks have formed a craggy coast, when wind-swept waves have done their worst to thwart the journey of seafarers coming home, by light they've found sure passage into port. I've never been a passenger at sail whose life depended on a lamplight's beams. I have, however, suffered through life's storms and known the dark that douses hopes and dreams. Just as I thought no one could hear my plea, you, like the steadfast lighthouse, rescued me. |
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Modern sonnets, while having the basic structure of a sonnet, do not necessarily adhere to all the traditional rules - while this one is in iambic pentameter, it only rhymes in the second and fourth lines of each quatrain. This is allowable by modern sonnet standards. I admire and love traditional sonnets - this just isn't one. :-)
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