In the Carnival   Amidst the crowd the dainty lass sashays BedeckĄ¯d with trimmings she sparkles bright And like a trembling star she casts her light To captivate the hearts through daring ways; Within her heart fervently she lays A secret longing for the man thatĄ¯s right Within the carnival she stays in sight To dance the best among the frenzied craze! He captures her so keenly with his eyes And feels the tremor of her spasmic dance He thinks she sparkles brightly like the moon; The crowd crescendoes to unbridled cries As two intending souls just grab the chance The world around them then decides to swoon! By adolescent aged © 2004 adolescent aged (All rights reserved)   Italian (or Petrarchan) Sonnet One of the 'standards' of sonnet writing, the Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet is somewhat different than those we have attempted before. The form consists of two parts.. an octet (eight lines) with the rhyme scheme of abbaabba and a sestet (six lines) with a choice of rhyme schemes cdecde (Italian) or cdcdcd (Sicillian). Either is acceptable. The octave sets up a situation upon which the sestet comments. Alternatively, the octave makes a statement, the sestet a counter statement. In most definitions of the form, lines are structured in iambic pentameter so for our purpose we will do the same here. So in review... 14 lines--an octet and sestet Iambic pentameter Rhyme scheme--abbaabba cdecde OR abbaabba cdcdcd

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