Nightmares (English Sonnet) Comments
There sometimes is really bad kind of dreams
which you want to avoid, to be waking,
when in your ears you hear your own screams,
while your body, mind and soul is aching
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Remember, EVERY line must have TEN syllables, PLUS, the stress pattern must be IAMBIC, or it is not an English sonnet. Keep writing. You will get it.
Oops, I meant line 3, not line 4, is missing a syllable.
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7/25/2025 8:26:17 AM # 1.0.0
Oh, one more thing: on the last two lines, survive and life do not rhyme when spoken by speakers of English.