Sorrow Iambic Pentameter Poems
These Sorrow Iambic Pentameter poems are examples of Iambic Pentameter poems about Sorrow. These are the best examples of Iambic Pentameter Sorrow poems written by international poets.
A Poet's TestamentWhen I finish this course called life, I'll die;
and be glad, for no more must I be sad;
for I'll know...
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Categories:
destiny, devotion, faith, fate,
Sending Love To My PapaSending Love to My Papa
Underneath his multiple dark layers,
He was desperately seeking the light.
Wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing his betrayers,
Kinsman who disregarded his cruel...
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Categories:
abuse, emotions, father, feelings,
Hanging In ThereI braid the sisal in my shaking hands
Noughts and crosses ensnare my trembled thumb
The tight tugs throttle my Adam's apple
A single drop suspends my teetered...
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Categories:
analogy, angst, sorrow, suicide,
On the Eve of EuthanasiaA little dog is a gift from God
Meant only through life to trod
As a companion to solace our mortal
Frailties through love unconditional.
But loyalty exposes its...
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Categories:
animal, best friend, betrayal,
A Dried LeafThe dried leafs, After all Beauty gone
Some mature roots immature roots all gone
Like mundane world I Ooze before I lift
The faded dancing leaf on Breeze...
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Categories:
7th grade, absence, abuse,
My Covid HopeCorona and Covid disrupted this year.
Leaving the world confounded; paralyzed with fear.
Lives lost in droves;too much sorrow to count.
Everyone shrouded under storm clouds of doubt.
Sanitized,...
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Categories:
anxiety, blessing, encouraging, feelings,
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar TranslationSweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest...
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iambic pentameter, character, desire, devotion, flower,
PrisonsTraversing veiled and hazy twilight sleep
My thoughts meander and begin to creep
Through channels only visible at night
Unleashing fears kept harnessed by the light
When...
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Categories:
anxiety, loss, lost love,
Average Joe Schmothere is average Joe Schmo
who seeks no more to know
than he exists
and he goes with the flow of the show
others tell him there’s much...
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Categories:
grief, life, metaphor, moving
My Mortal Muse My WifeTo my love of nigh four decades of bliss,
I can't take you with me you've life to live,
live it, let love be your guide, be remiss!
So...
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iambic pentameter, freedom, love, muse, poetry,
A Lost Sense of Purpose
Long ago in the short-time lively spring
In the grassy plains of a small island
Came from nonexistence a young sapling
Nurtured by the love of her...
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Categories:
12th grade, art, best
The FenceTHE FENCE
Somewhere in my constant thought of you
the vagrant dream that comes but never goes,
are secrets of the past I never knew
and things about your...
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Categories:
anxiety, dream, imagery,
Memories Are ImmortalWe are all equal, though they say you lad
who do they think they are they're not my dad,
on battle fields we live or die the...
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Categories:
age, grief, war, ,
Immortal New LifeWe mortals fight the boundaries of time
as helplessly we rush headlong to death
like fragile flowers, bloom, then fade and die
we sing and shout, then slowly...
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Categories:
hope, spiritual,
A Historic EventThe Wall
A near three thousand names called out that day;
now fifteen years, they've solemnized the date
so labeled Nine-Eleven, to now stay
...
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Categories:
bereavement, sorrow, tribute,