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WHAT THE SONNET NEEDS.
“To write a Sonnet is an easy thing,”Says somebody, “there are but fourteen lines—
Once get the knack that word with word combines
And you will soon be qualified to sing,
And o'er your shoulders rightfully may fling
The mantle of a poet.” I say, No;
To write a Sonnet first through fire and snow
Your heart must pass due melody to bring
From out the inert mass; some lady fair
You have to love with a half hopeless pain,
(This serves to give the “yearning” of the strain),
While now and then a glimmer of her hair
Waved in the distance, serveth back to bear
The power of soaring high in song again.
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