Ineffable Mysteries - a Suzette Sonnet

We paid the price for hasty choices made and cried our tears for dreams put to the blade. The lessons learned a hefty price we paid. Against our woes, we rail — the urgency to bail. Excuses very stale — comparisons must fail? With truthful knowledge, man must themselves arm, protecting him from possible great harm, as ignorance deceptively would charm. Lament will take its toll — do travel to-wards goal. Some silver tongues extol — their lavish lyrics roll. Plumose-like memories that tease then fade. A fair comparison to current ails, the signs of growing rapprochement disarm. Ineffable the mysteries of t’ soul. __________________________________________________________ © SUZETTE SONNET—SUZNET for short (9 April 2021) A 14-line sonnet of alternating triplets and couplets, concluding with a quatrain. 1. Rhyme scheme: aaa (b1–b2)(b3–b4) ccc (d1–d2)(d3–d4) abcd 2. The triplets are iambic pentameter [*/|*/|*/|*/|*/]. 3. The rhyming couplets are iambic hexameter and include an internal rhyme, namely [*/|*/|*/—*/|*/|*/] (alexandrines). 4. Concluding with a quatrain in iambic pentameter that summarises the poem in a rhyme scheme set by the triplets and couplets. 5. The volta is at L9. OR the couplets may define pivots within the poem, ie a tilting or shifting in the mainline of thought. When the latter is employed, it needs to be uniform throughout the poem. _______________________________________________________ LEXICON ineffable: (adj) too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words. plumose: (adj) (biology) having many fine filaments or branches which give a feathery appearance. rapprochement: (n) (especially in international affairs) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations.