Sonnet Royal
Sunday Morn
I watch from the shore this Sunday morn
As my true love sails for foreign lands
I cry my tears, my waiting grief borne,
Alone, I walk along lonely sands.
Soon returning to my father’s farmlands,
I will milk our cows and watch the sheep
Walking near my true love whilst I sleep.
Sonnet Royal: This form is believed to be of Italian origin, and appears to be formed out of the, form called Ottava Rima. By removing the fifth line, this reduces it to a seven line stanza of three rhymes, arranged with a rhyme scheme of;
a. b. a. b. b. c. c... I’ve added a 9 syllable count.
