Wondrous thought emerging from the mind,
with visions of things that are yet not here.
Sometimes thoughts have to be merged or combined,
before they can become perfectly clear.
All the worlds great thinkers have had this gift,
Edison, Graham Bell, Einstein and the like.
All of them never letting their minds drift,
focused until a solution would strike.
Leaving behind them great leaps for mankind,
ways for people to perceive what could be.
Superior thought to never be confined,
but waft in our senses like potpourri.
This is the advantage of the human race,
we’re never content to stay in one place.
Author's Notes/Comments:
Shakespearean Sonnet
Instructions
STEP 1: Select the subject matter for yoursonnet. Themes have often focused on love or philosophy, but modern sonnets can cover almost any topic.
STEP 2: Divide the theme of your sonnet into two sections. In the first section you will present the situation or thought to the reader; in the second section you can present some sort of conclusion or climax.
STEP 3: Compose your first section as three quatrains - that is, three stanzas of four lines each.
STEP 4: Write the three quatrains with an a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f rhyme scheme, where each letter stands for a line of the sonnet and the last words of all lines with the same letter rhyme with each other. Most sonnets employ the meter of iambic pentameter (see Tips)
STEP 5: Compose the last section as a couplet - two rhyming lines of poetry. This time, use a g-g rhyme scheme, where the last words of the two lines rhyme with each other.
Tips & Warnings / Iambic Meter
An iamb is a type of metrical 'foot' used in a poem. It is composed of two syllables, with the accent on the second syllable. Examples: 'to-day' or 'en-rage.'
Pentameter means that there are five metrical feet per line. Iambic pentameter means that each line of the poem consists of five iambic feet, or 10 total syllables. An example from Shakespeare: 'Good pilgrim you do wrong your hand too much.'
