I have tried to write a Shakespearean Sonnet. Four quatrains and a doublet (= 14 lines) each line being an Iambic Pentameter (! 0 syllables alternately unstressed and stressed) . The rhyme pattern is abab cdcd efef gg. Because of all this tweeking it should have excellent rhythm - when read - and flow - when recited. <br /> <br />I could not seek your hand and then be scorned <br />For there are other maidens I would seek <br />Against your coldness I have oft been warned <br />But long to feel your cheek against my cheek. <br /> <br />How good my chances with thee can I find? <br />Perhaps a letter sent - or face to face <br />For I must leave all other loves behind <br />If I would win your fond and fair embrace. <br /> <br />I feel a letter would the problem solve <br />T'would give you time to ponder on my love <br />And time for me to ponder my resolve <br />Time for to pray - seek guidance from above. <br /> <br />If I don't get my favourable reply <br />I fear my heart will break and I will die. <br /> <br />John Knight - 5 March 2011<br /><br />John Knight<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/04-love-letter-a-sonnet/
