It’s a Sonnet, Doggone it!

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Maggie C

NOTE: January 3, 2019 ~ It’s been over three years since I wrote this sonnet, and it’s still the only one I’ve managed. The dVerse prompt today is the sonnet. The form still confounds me, but I will stretch my comfort zone and practice writing another one. Maybe two. In the meantime, I am sharing this poem, and am most welcoming of feedback. Thank you.

October 19, 2015:

The final assignment in the WordPress Writing 201 course is to write a sonnet. Not my style at all, although I have to admit I’ve never tried to write one before.

At any rate, I hiked up my Shakespeare shorts and dove in, and as you can see below, my muse Chules chipped in by demonstrating his poetry quothe-ing and theatrical emoting skills.

But, bark! What lights softly through yawnder broken window?

Herewith, I giveth thee my sonnet:

songs pleasure

WordPress Writing 201, Assignment Ten. Prompt: pleasure. Form: sonnet . Device: apostrophe.

41 thoughts on “It’s a Sonnet, Doggone it!”

clcouch123 on October 19, 2015 at 5:10 pm said:

Thou givest well. Verily. A celebration of the primacy of song. A song that deserves a song. Or a sonnet. I wonder if this will truly be your last. Well done. Thank you!

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- Maggie C on October 19, 2015 at 5:21 pm said:
  
  Thank you! I don’t know about writing another. Sonnet writing is a bit of a strain, and I don’t want to hurt my brain. (Rhyming unintentional). Thanks for commenting.
  
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clcouch123 on October 19, 2015 at 5:27 pm said:

Well, sonnets are songs, as most poetry is. Maybe you’ll simply write song lyrics. Which would be a great feat, too (“great feat”–I have no idea what kind of rhyme that might be).

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writersdream9 on October 19, 2015 at 7:18 pm said:

Oh please write more! Beautiful!

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- Maggie C on October 19, 2015 at 8:14 pm said:
  
  Thank you! Maybe once a year, like an October tradition.
  
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  - writersdream9 on October 19, 2015 at 8:20 pm said:
    
    Yes!
    
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A Humble Shadow on October 19, 2015 at 11:05 pm said:

Great subject, well put

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- Maggie C on October 20, 2015 at 2:36 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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tildy1 on October 21, 2015 at 3:41 am said:

Nice sonnet! The rhyming pattern was great.

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msjadeli on January 3, 2019 at 5:52 pm said:

i like the questioning nature of your sonnet and the conclusion that you draw

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- Maggie C on January 3, 2019 at 8:27 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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rothpoetry on January 3, 2019 at 6:58 pm said:

I really like this take on music playing us rather than the other way around!

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- Maggie C on January 3, 2019 at 8:28 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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rob kistner on January 3, 2019 at 8:51 pm said:

Wonderful contemplation on the essence of music. I really liked this Maggie!

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- Maggie C on January 4, 2019 at 8:18 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Mish on January 3, 2019 at 9:12 pm said:

Oh I like this curious look at music and the attention you give to “the song”. A refreshing perspective.

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- Maggie C on January 4, 2019 at 8:19 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Jane Dougherty on January 4, 2019 at 2:43 am said:

Exactly how I imagine a sonnet should be—questions and a satisfying answer 🙂

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- Maggie C on January 4, 2019 at 8:19 pm said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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  - Jane Dougherty on January 5, 2019 at 6:00 am said:
    
    🙂
    
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Frank Hubeny on January 4, 2019 at 7:01 am said:

I think the song plays upon us.

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- Maggie C on January 4, 2019 at 8:20 pm said:
  
  Me, too.
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on January 4, 2019 at 7:34 am said:

I love the way you give the song its own life in this flawless Petrarchan sonnet… love how you incorporated the questions and then in a way answered the question with more questions.

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- Maggie C on January 4, 2019 at 8:21 pm said:
  
  Thank you, and thanks for the informative prompt.
  
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lynn__ on January 4, 2019 at 1:28 pm said:

Wow, Maggie, well done! or is it “bow, Wow”…I laughed at your dog photo & caption 😀

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- Maggie C on January 4, 2019 at 8:22 pm said:
  
  Thank you. Yes, maybe I should have named my pup Shakespeare.
  
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Gina on January 5, 2019 at 3:30 pm said:

you had me humming to the rhythm of your sonnet, such an endearing piece, yes you should write another!

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- Maggie C on January 5, 2019 at 5:29 pm said:
  
  Thank you. I’m mulling over ideas…
  
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  - Gina on January 5, 2019 at 5:34 pm said:
    
    great!
    
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- Lona Gynt on January 19, 2019 at 2:32 pm said:
  
  I guess the sonnet was playing upon you Gina 😉
  
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Sherry blue sky on January 6, 2019 at 10:51 am said:

I like the idea of the song playing the musician. That might just be the case!

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- Maggie C on January 6, 2019 at 5:04 pm said:
  
  I know it is when I pick up a musical instrument. 🙂
  
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purplepeninportland on January 19, 2019 at 9:29 am said:

Love this, Maggie! The dog photo and caption made me laugh out loud.

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- Maggie C on January 20, 2019 at 7:58 pm said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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Lona Gynt on January 19, 2019 at 2:36 pm said:

There is no true creation that does not live. Interesting that the song itself should have life. Art is it seems a transposition of life from the creator to piece, the song, the poem, this sonnet. We see the life of the creator in it and it moves us, but your interesting view that the song has a life even separate from the composer is fascinating, and I think has some truth, these things come frm somewhere. the loam and dirt combined to build us, and our brains are just the soft jellies of the earth that has somehow learned to sing. Maggie, I am in awe, like Bjorn (a true sonnet master btw) said… flawless, and more importantly…. IT’S ALIVE!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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- Maggie C on January 20, 2019 at 8:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you. Yes, I try not to turn my back on my piano. Who knows what songs may be lurking within?
  
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  - Lona Gynt on January 20, 2019 at 8:07 pm said:
    
    And if you don’t feed it, it may start to whine
    
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memadtwo on January 23, 2019 at 8:13 am said:

I like the question/answer form of it. And yes, music does play us! (K)

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- Maggie C on January 23, 2019 at 2:49 pm said:
  
  Thank you. I agree.
  
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Manja Maksimovič on April 12, 2023 at 12:01 am said:

A decisive first sonnet. Spot on.

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