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A Shakespearean Sonnet

A chapter in the book Commentary and Philosophy

Rift of War

by Treischel




This world would be much better rift of war.
Yea, even more so, 'twere dispensed with terror.
There'd be no need for armies any more,
Nor, much less, useless death and human error.

For war removes the flower of our age,
Destroying property and ceasing lives,
While perpetrating loss, revenge, and rage;
Proliferating bombs and guns and knives.

Alas, comes tidings, "Bullies everywhere".
'Gainst them arises needs that we defend
Our very way of life. Lest we beware,
That Evil stalks the earth, to seek its end.

So, though we wouldst desire a lasting peace,
I ponder, "Will these conflicts ever cease?"







Sonnet Poetry Contest contest entry


I use two mated lines of feminine iambic pentameter, which ever Shakespeare himself used.

Rift - as in to separate.
Age - as in era
I capitalized Evil as the proper name of an entity.
Desire - 2 syllables

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