An ocean sealed in,
Some clouds within,
Raindrops frolic,
but never are seen !
Echoing seven seas
in moonstruck dreams,
Feigning withered
yet, soul dampening !
Hackneyed kohl smears
and the dark night sings !
Ricocheting notes
of rains and springs
Symphonies spurt from
eyes mute, stifling !
What is a ‘Roseate Sonnet’ ?
“It’s a new, experimental poetic form developed by Dr. Ampat Koshy in 2012. Like a classic Shakespearean Sonnet, it too has 14 lines in which first two quatrains are followed by a couplet. Then follows the ultimate quatrain which starts its first line with R, the second with O, the third with S and the fourth with E to form an acrostic that reads ‘ROSE.’ The couplet acts as a volte face, from where poem shows a paradigm shift.
This form has no other constraints like rhyme, rhythm or blank verse, unlike its earlier forms or variants. There is no fixed syllable count for the lines though I have followed all the rules being an aficionado of classic Shakespearean Sonnet.
Rhyme scheme: AABA , AABA, AA, AABA
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