Sonnet No.1

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    (N.B. The lines set indented and emphasised in italics (11-12) are as so to indicate, for they compose the sonnet's question, that the iambics have been reversed; the other 12 lines operate on opposite iambic pentameter to these two).

    Sonnet No.1



    Tough this lark, and not really such a ‘lark’-
    to move on and leave early selves behind.
    At periods of pain, they stand to mark,
    their faces sterner, rougher, finer-lined
    with each dead end encountered up to here.
    Move on! Keep moving on! But I, no doubt,
    have precious few mes left, and so I fear
    to live a life filled with laments of without,
    or one where I’m found wanting (you and I).
    And that’s the problem with this ‘love again’:
    How can you now settle for a stone lie
    when you once danced true atop a mountain?
    So by my self I am, by yours I’m not:
    the closest to perfection I e’er got.

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    Tempestlady commented on Sonnet No.1

    09-17-2011

    This i can relate to well fellow romantic i think......It bespeaks of the feelings of inadiquacy that love brings about. It is a twist of love to make each doubt and admire or scorn ones self image. Again a very nice read, thanks. Write on..................Tlady
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