by Meru S.
When snowdrops burst forth from the sodden ground
And grass grows soft and green to soothe sore feet,
Then songbirds let their lilting tunes float ’round
And blossoms bloom with fragrance oh, so sweet.
Then warm zephyrs bring hues of bright sapphire
To paint the somber skies aglow and clear,
And streams flow free, their sounds a distant lyre
To ease the rough, stiff banks of aged wear.
Yet, as the days pass by, the sky lours,
Remembering, ruminating upon
Those dreary spells of leaden, sunless hours,
Of bitter day and misty, weeping dawn.
But golden joy fails not to reappear,
Arousing souls, for each to her is dear.
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A Note on Shakespearean Sonnets
Shakespearean sonnets consist of two quatrains (a verse of four lines) praising the subject. A third quatrain follows, portraying a different perspective, and the poem concludes with a couplet (a verse of two lines) displaying the poet’s final thought on the subject. These sonnets are composed in iambic tetrameter—five feet per line, each containing one unstressed syllable and one accented syllable, and have a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg. Every other line of each quatrain rhymes and so do the two lines of the couplet.
The Lighthouse 