Well, I am always up for a challenge and my goodness me Julia has pulled out all the stops this week.
( http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week38/ )
( http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week38/ )
A sonnet!? After some reading up on the internet and dusting off the Shakespeare I really thought I wouldn’t be able to manage this. But, I haven’t got too tied up with trying to be fancy with the language, just tried to get the right number of lines and rhyme. I am not sure that the rhythm is right, but it’s my first go at a sonnet so I’m pleased that I gave it a go.
I am now going to have a look at the others- find them at http://www.linkytools.com/wordpress_list.aspx?id=139784&type=basic
I hope next week’s isn’t a poem!!
St George and the dragon- an attempt at a sonnet.
With you I’d like to share this tale of old:
When Fair England was in deepest despair.
A fearful dragon- water did withold
From the people whom he ate with out care.
(He soon had grown tired of feasting on sheep.)
Lots were drawn deciding who’d be the bait
Chosen ones tore out their hair and did weep
For the gruesome end that would be their fate.
When the King’s daughter was next for the chop,
For the gruesome end that would be their fate.
When the King’s daughter was next for the chop,
Returned from the crusades a valiant knight .
George drew his sword , prayed to God, and cried “STOP!”
The dragon could not overcome his might.
At last the fearful dragon had been slayed
And that’s how our patron Saint George was made.
