Nick Capozzoli (8/1/2007 1:28:00 AM)
It is technically not a sonnet as regards either line number or rhyme scheme, but it has the feel of a sonnet and is a very good poem. The rhythm of the five-beat line and the images are masterful. |
Charley P (6/18/2007 1:44:00 PM)
It's a poignant poem but you're right, its not a sonnet. I like it. |
E F (8/30/2006 4:28:00 PM)
A sad poignant moment. A live being lives on beyond and then dies. Almost unbearable |
David Rogers (4/4/2006 2:18:00 PM)
Dude, it's not a sonnet. Sonnets have fourteen lines. |
Greg Hutchinson (9/18/2005 1:51:00 AM)
This is a very fine sonnet. Its 7 out of 10 'user rating' is a reflection on the readers, not the poem. I wonder how many readers even recognized that it is a sonnet. The half-rhymes and loose iambic give it a prosy surface without sacrificing the rhythm, which is perfect. Take the last line: 'Then pushed her over the edge into the river, ' exactly echoes the sense - with the first cluster of stressed syllables suggesting the pushing and the last, rushing syllables suggesting the release and fall.
By the way, I wonder why the order to choose a number wasn't accompanied by any number. I couldn't vote! I'd have given it a 10. |
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