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floyd4peace
03-11-2007, 05:49 AM
The creature slept 'neath the tree in deep shade
And glared at those who by it passed disturbed
It would love no more than the most t'would hate
Till alas it arose and killed a bird
This beast, a creature, one without a name
It stood higher than a mountain up straight
But would slouch and approach its helpless aim
And would make a display of its slow fate
Bearing great fangs each of a four inch length
With a flow of blood endless as it drips
An animal's slain to increase its strength
And it roamed the Earth till it boarded ships
This creature then killed so mercilessly
That there was no food and it could not be


I realize there are some meter errors but I wrote it in about five to ten minutes for an English assignment so try and pretend it's perfect.
-Floyd

imherbert
03-12-2007, 06:21 AM
It's perfect. Sonnets, are not an easy thing!

I tend to live in iambic pentameter...Stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed.

or is it unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed...

Either way, I prefer my syllables unstressed...I drink less that way.