If there's one thing I can't stand when I do it's when I entirely blank on something. And though It's late I still feel I should do it as discipline for my own mistake. I don't care if I do get marked as long as I can say I at least got it done. So in spirit of that a sonnet based on mistakes.
1.) The Road Less Followed
Along the road I follow down
there are many wrong turns.
Doesn't mean I change it now,
just means I'm meant to learn.
Mistakes are never true mistakes
as long as it's right at the time,
which helps me further contemplate
and even write my rhyme.
As windy as the road may be
I'll keep a strong resolve.
Though t'isn't always filled with glee,
My guilt will be absolved.
For the road less followed is quite unique,
though longer, the future ain't so bleak.
2.) The form helped me stay focused and on a proper path while writing this sonnet and weighed heavily on the style I used when writing this sonnet. And though it's a slightly light hearted and almost comical sonnet it was the rhyme scheme that turned it into what it is and the form that caused the rhyme scheme. Though I did find difficulty keeping meter on the last two lines so they might be the turning point between proper and just a little off-set. (All depends how you read it.)
Thanks Glitch. You'll get part marks for getting it done, if though it wasn't on time.
ReplyDeleteI want to draw your attention to the metre of your poem. The metre of a sonnet is iambic pentameter: (five feet, rhythmic pattern of daDA|daDA|daDA|daDA|daDA). Is that the metre of your poem?
Let's look at the first two lines:
Along the road I follow down
there are many wrong turns.
The natural way to scan these lines is:
aLONG | the ROAD | i FOL |low DOWN
there ARE | maNY | wrong TURNS
These lines are iambic, but they're not pentameter. The first line has four feet and the second has three. And if you look again at your poem you'll find that you mostly follow this pattern throughout.
Can you re-write your poem (for yourself, don't feel the need to post it here, though of course you can post it here if you feel like it) in pentameter? You'll need to add words to ever line to make it scan properly. I think if you do this it will help you get a much firmer grasp on what exactly we mean when we're talking about rhythm and metre and scansion.