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Dear brother, sister, can you see the light
Or is it only darkness you can view
A wretched ship that sails into the night
With only ghosts aboard to serve as crew
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A first effort. Very well done Matt. A super Shakespearean sonnet,14 lines of perfect iambic pentameter. I would love to see you emulate Francesco Petrarch or Spencer. These are the variations in rhyme schemes, each of which makes the sonnet the flagship of formal poetry.
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7/21/2025 12:56:49 PM # 1.0.0
It is indeed a very fine Sonnet and full of deeply felt content. I have submitted translations of the French poetess Louise Labe's Sonnets. These are mainly in the Petrachian Form as Thomas refers below. You handle the Shakespearean form with remarkable control. It is by no means the easiest form, so Well done! Tom Billsborough