A Sonnet For Imogen Rose

The moon could not shed such a glow as you,  
nor all the constellations ‘round the stars,	
nor planets orbiting the sun like Mars.
Sun can only shine as bright, when new
as you - the soft and shining morning dew,
who lends life’s lonely beauty to the hours;
such dulcet tones  - your music like guitars,	
whose sounds the gods could not subdue.
	
Though some may find a cry at night the plight
of parents who loose sleep for care, and croon
a tune of love, for love’s soft embers light.
So sweet and clear I hear your infant tune,
that smites my heartstrings with such strong delight
and bids me fall into love’s tender swoon.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 5/28/2017 10:28:00 PM
I do enjoy the sonnet form perhaps the most! And this is no exception! A wonderful write!
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Annette Gagliardi
Date: 5/31/2017 2:07:00 PM
Thank you for the comment. I was challenged to write a correct Sonnet, since the examples I had for the class were not 'perfect"
Date: 5/5/2017 12:58:00 AM
Absolutely tender and gentle, wonderful tribute to a very little new person :) Congratulations. I hope you don't mind me asking the following: i know that many great masters os sonnet-writing never produce(d) a sonnet with an exact amount of syllables or feet. Is that the reason that the last line in your first stanza has only 4 feet?
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Annette Gagliardi
Date: 5/9/2017 9:23:00 PM
and bids/ me fall / into / love’s ten/ der swoon. Seems like five feet to me. Thank you for your comment. I was creating an Italian Sonnet: two stanzas for a total of 14 Lines, with an abababab cdcdee rhyming pattern in iambic pentameter - 10 syllables per line.
Date: 5/1/2017 9:44:00 AM
An absolutely beautiful sonnet, Annette. Also, I thank you for your kind comments on my most recent sonnet. Sonnets are one of my favorite genres of poetry. Thank you so much for sharing. Elaine
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Annette Gagliardi
Date: 5/1/2017 2:10:00 PM
Thank you. It is the result of a lesson on Sonnets with a Fifth-grade class. Even the featured Sonnets did not quite follow the 14 line, rhyme scheme with the volta. I tried for one extolling the love of my newest grandchild.
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