Thursday, March 24, 2011

Italian Sestet - Hilltop Awakening

The original Italian sestet had no meter, yet when Spenser introduced it to England, the poets tended to use iambic tetrameter or pentameter. The rhyme scheme would be as followed: a.b.c.a.b.c.


“Hilltop Awakening”

On top of hilltop, I look down
to land below and gaze upon
Such treasures that would stir the soul
To point of rejoicing renown
As flowers for the sun at dawn
I rise up like a newborn foul

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