Date Posted:10:55:12 03/22/03 Sat Author: Bianca Beukes Subject: Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) In reply to:
Luke Martineac
's message, "Re: LESSON #4 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 14:19:39 03/14/03 Fri
>>After reviewing the characteristics of a sonnet,
>>compose an original Elizabethan (Shakespearean) sonnet
>>of 14 lines. Your theme may be traditional (i.e.,
>>love, nature, etc.) or contemporary, but you must use
>>the correct rhyme scheme (ababcdcdefefgg) and iambic
>>pentameter. When you are finished, post your sonnet as
>>a reply to this message. Get creative and have fun!
>
>Food
>
>Food is my passion;
>To make the food I love;
>Like a sensible fasion;
>To dress up a dove.
>To perfection I climb;
>My creations in pen;
>From chocolate to thyme;
>I make steak out of hen.
>Come out from the night;
>And cook from your mind;
>Walk into the light;
>And see what you'll find.
>So grab out the fork and the spoon and the knife,
>and take a big bite out of the taste of your life.
You didn't really get the iambic pentameter, but you wrote a great poem. I think it not only great, but funny too! I like the line "To dress up a dove", it is very inventive:^)
