Italian Sonnet Poems | Italian Sonnet Examples

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An italian sonnet is a form of sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba followed by six lines with a rhyme pattern of cdecde or cdcdcd, but there is more to an italian sonnet. What is italian sonnet in poetry (complete definition)?

Picking Blackberries

Farther down the glade beyond Myrtle Creek Where, as a kid, I went hunting for raspberries, We discovered a ripening patch of blackberries Grandmother and I went there for a solid week. One early morning we heard a frightful...Read More

As Others See Us

If we could see ourselves through others' eyes, Without instinctively making excuse For the many times we have been obtuse, Seeking our embarrassment to disguise, We would probably be so much more wise, Stupid mistakes we might learn to reduce, And...Read More

Wanderers

Wanderers follow a wandering star, They follow bright rainbows that never end, They never quite reach that alluring bend, Somehow or other, it's always too far. For such folk the door stands always ajar, For quick departure is always the...Read More

To My Dying Companion

Come sit beside me in the sunshine’s golden rays Tell me what special secrets lie hidden in your heart Things you need to tell me before you from me depart About the things you thought...Read More

Bird Of War

This...Read More

Intense Scents

The fresh scent of gum leaves after the rain, The fragrance wattle puts forth in the spring, During its lovely golden blossoming, The sharp tang that lemon juice can maintain, Lavender, for both scent and colouring, Crisp redolence of apples'...Read More

A SECOND HELPING

Of the dark, offered in the morning cup, and the chill of salted caramel cream, spooning after an impervious dream and clink-clink spell of alarum abrupt, comes the ceramic to sip, birdsong up. Fruity-caffeine drips into the bloodstream. Imagery from a...Read More

Headlong Flight

I am fleeing from the house of the dead, That miserable place so full of ghosts, Such silent, uncommunicative hosts, Their cold indifference I had learned to dread. I was kidnapped days ago from my bed, For no bolts and...Read More

I Long for Thy Truant Inspiration

I long for thy truant inspiration, O Muse, for I've felt thy absence too long! Empower me to sing a new, gay song: that...Read More

Truncated Sonnet: ''A Sonnet Begets Life''

A Sonnet begets life. Joy, her child, leaves her womb, songs that transcend the tomb and dull the Reaper's scythe! Ah! Joy belittles strife; such...Read More

Paint Your Day

When the wind whistles, and the rain beats down, Take out your palette of make-believe paint, Add vivid colour to that which is faint, Make blue all the grey, make gold all the brown; Add to your picture a...Read More

Alone in the Forest

Lost among the dense pine trees an eerie mist consumes the night, and hides my path from Luna’s light as air is thick without a breeze. I feel an angst I can’t deny while searching clues upon the ground; I hear...Read More

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