Lucifer's Bread

by Lauren Waszkiewicz   Apr 22, 2007


Her faith in God almighty shall be drained.
Surrender to the lies which Satan speaks:
Inside she believes, but her flesh is weak.
She succumbs to the gnawing, growing pain.
Jesus Christ will not stop this wretched rain,
The freezing cold, the snow, or this horrid sleet.
Lucifer offers everything she seeks.
Could his offerings help to keep her sane?

She fights the suffering within her soul,
Ignores the sinful voices in her head.
Knowing how they will only make things worse.
Believing in the lord will make her whole.
Forget Satan and his demonic bread.
Not a gift, but a contract with a curse.

~~
these are not my beliefs.

this was written in the form and style of Italian Poet Vittoria Colonna.(shes great look her up).

This is an Italian sonnet.
this is a 14 line poem consisting of 2 parts, an octave(8 lines) and sestet (6 lines). each line has 10 syllables(or sometimes, depending 11)

the rhyme scheme is as followed:
a b b a a b b a
-c d e c d e- or -c d c c d c- or -c d c d c d- or numerous other rhyme schemes for the sestet (NEVER ending in a couplet)

the octave shows the problem or burden, and the sestet adds light to the burden, or solves the problem.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Robert

    I always hated writing on a certain stanza but you done it very well the message of ones conflict with ones self was good good job all around. Plot121

  • 17 years ago

    by Stephanie

    I, too am not a religious person but the poem was amazing. You have mastered the form of a sonnet very well! Keep writing! 5.5

    Stephanie Lynn .+.

  • 17 years ago

    by .K.i.T.t.Y.

    I'm not religious, but i enjoyed this poem very much. the rhyming scheme was nice, as well as the flow. keep up the nice work.

    5/5.

  • 17 years ago

    by HOLLYWOODxBANGBANG

    I read it, and I couldn't find anything wrong with it...good job Darling.

    5.5

  • 17 years ago

    by STePHaNie

    AM NOT SURE OF THE PATTERN U USED BUT ITS SOUNDS PRETTY GO0D
    iTS ACTUALY GO0D 4 A 1ST TiMER