If... (Italian sonnet)

by Robert Gardiner   Jun 21, 2005


If: (Rhyming pattern)
Stanzas 1&2: abba abba
Stanzas 3: cdecde or cdcdcd

Your love, if only, were my very own,
If I could win, your heart, as mine, to hold,
I would treasure it, like Midas did gold.
I would, cherish it, like a king, his throne.
I'd show you love, like you've never been shown.
Our love, it would be, a fairy tale told,
Ever new and it would never get old.
It'd be, the greatest love man has known,

If you were mine, bliss, ever, would abound,
Angels would sing, choruses, to our love.
The stars, they would all, align, in the sky,
Because, with us, love, had, truly, been found,
And it, they would, simply, be in awe of.
All these things, we could make real, you and I...

As always, your comments and votes much appreciated, thank you!!!

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

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There were some questions as to whether or not this is a true Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet, and so I double checked the forms criteria and it turned out I had the stanza/verse split wrong. My fault, anyway I have corrected it.

Here is what defines an Italian Sonnet:

Italian sonnet form in which the sonnet's rhyme scheme divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, an octet (first eight lines) and a sestet (last six lines). The rhyme scheme for the octet is typically abbaabba. There are a few possibilities for the sestet, including cdecde, cdcdcd, and cdcdee.

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  • 17 years ago

    by We Miss You Shannon

    This is great!

    ~shanny~

  • 18 years ago

    by loretta Taylor

    I think it was a great job. I really liked it. I guess I am not into having strict form, which really bothers some people for some reason. the poem has to have meaning to meaning. It has to touch me for me to like it reguardless of the format. ...And I loved this one. Loretta

  • 18 years ago

    by XxDeadPassionxX

    I love it your words flow greatly and colide togeather to make this great poem. Good Job! Keep it up!

  • 18 years ago

    by Lost Angel

    I am sorry to hav to inform you but this is not an italian sonnet. An italian sonnet consists of 2 verses the 1st with six lines and the second with 8. An english or shakespearen sonnet consists of 4 verses 3 stanzas with 4 lines and the last time two. so really you have just written a sonnet but in no traditional form. If im honst with you here the 1st 2 verses were good but i found the last was disappionting. Keep trying though u hav good potential

  • 18 years ago

    by Emma B

    What a beautiful poem. You really are something :)

    -Emma-