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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)?

A Season's Face

There is a freshness in the morning air, And in the sky is little sign of cloud, Another winter to its fate has bowed, As spring arrives to begin its repair, Accomplishing this with familiar flair, As hardy wildflowers in...Read More

Too Quiet

Despite the long held popular belief, As commonplace as back in yesteryear, When black dominated the atmosphere, That we require privacy for our grief, For many it may be a real relief When, having lost someone who was held dear, And...Read More

Philosophical

I am looking back down through the decades, Those in which I have participated, Little has been as I anticipated, And I wish, before my memory fades, To recall life in its varying shades, That through circumstances were created, Though they...Read More

Virginia

Virginia was born to a sad fate: John had rescued her from sure starvation (Neighbours having left her to privation), She became for the other two a mate, A tabby cat, small and affectionate, Given the usual vaccination, And not devoid...Read More

A Tree Lies Silent in the Woods

Remote within the piney wood so far away from nearest ear, and out of reach for one to hear a tree lies still where it once stood. As it came down there was no sound cuz none to hear would...Read More

What Sort of Child

Pray tell, who tore the neighbors’ flowers out? What sort of child fell madly on their bed? Surely one unruly and ill-bred! What had it been that made this child pout and then go out and ever dare to...Read More

Pierced by Love

The pain within that pierces deep is like the prick of rose’s thorn and leaves my meager mind to mourn while yearning for eternal sleep. These tristful tears from my soul seep like winter’s chill on summer morn are but a...Read More

Almost A Sonnet

What if I was to compose a sonnet, Ardently expressing carnal desire, Hoping to set my loved one's heart on fire, Sealing the verse with my lips upon it? Would I feel a fool that I had done it, Would...Read More

Spirit Of Choice

To choose an animal spirit as guide, I must give some thought to which I select, I want it to be one I can respect, It will take some time for me to decide. A spirit animal, in all...Read More

Writing Poems is Legitimate Now

From both sides of the world we poets hail Japanese Chokra and Russian Chatushka Italian sonnet and African Kwansaba Keenly delighting each other without fail Within ballad a most interesting tale Carpe Diem makes me sigh with a serious Ahh. Here...Read More

Pestilence

As each long day passes we count more dead, Statistics are now so staggeringly high, "Pandemic" might be written in the sky, Covid 19 has us living in dread, Resistance to infection has almost fled, As yet another death-filled week...Read More

Pan's People

When we were small the tale of Peter Pan Over and over to us had been read By our father before we went to bed, And we loved the stories of the Neverland. The ageless Peter, flying high, foreran A...Read More

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