Eternity

Here's a quick note for those who don't know what a Shakespearean sonnet is: A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of four parts, three quatrains (stanza's with four lines) and one couplet (a stanza with two lines). The first quatrain introduces the sonnet, the second establishes a problem, the third rounds off the problem, and the couplet establishes a solution of sorts. The rhyming pattern goes ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Each line is composed of iambic pentameter, or ten syllables with each syllable alternating between a soft sound and a hard sound. While I'm not sure I got the iambs completely right, everything else is spot on. So enjoy!

 

Eternity

A man who does walk upon a great hill,

Pushes his weighted stone forevermore.

And in decades to come and many still,

He will push this stone up to the far shore.

But when he reaches the crest of the mound,

The weighted stone rolls right down the slope.

And then the stone rests upon the dry ground,

Then the man begins to lose all his hope.

But then he gets the stone and perseveres,

And pushes it up the rise once again.

His cries untold reach many people’s ears,

As he walks into the great lion’s den.

So to him I do say, remember this,

With rest eternal comes eternal bliss.