A sonnet is a 14 line poem with 10 syllables per line. They were invented during the Italian Renaissance, and Shakespeare wrote many of them.
Renaissance Italy
Exhausted with living in the darkness
Tired of just surviving, cultureless
The Renaissance, like a candle that's lit
Hoarding great wealth, city-states benefit
Artists with a cause smear paint on canvas
Rich patrons beautify their new cities
Tools chisel stone, weapons long abandoned
Under a blanket of discovery
Lies an ever present feud, dividing
Radical Humanists against the church
But life continues with mirth, ignoring
New ideas are formed, thinkers rejoicing
Paranoid geniuses keep plans hidden
The dark is forgotten in the clamor
Although the poem was great, I also like how its a type of poem invented in the Renaissance that was used by William Shakespeare.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you used the vocab words, and this poem is really good!
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Great little poem! If I were to describe how I feel poetically, this is what I would say-
ReplyDeleteGood in the start,
and very descriptive too,
but then fades your art,
maybe you'll get my clue.
Although this is a short poem, you managed to use four spelling words!
ReplyDeleteNice Use Of Vocab Words, But if your used all of them that would have made it even better! GOOD JOB Though.
ReplyDeleteThe sonnet is my favorite poetic form, and you have written a good one. (But you should know they usually are divided 4 sections: the first 2 sets of 4 lines establish a story, the second 4 lines establish a problem with the story, the final 2 lines provide the solution)
ReplyDeleteAlthough the poem is short, it is very powerful.
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