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 |  Poems written for the Poetry in Motion Challenge and Other Poetry Form Challenges |
Utilitarian Beauty: A Riddle The beautiful black and yellow handle, Is placed above its shiny silver shaft, And reflecting the light of a candle, A tribute to the toolmakers craft. You can use it to make a wooden raft, If you possess a hundred thousand screws, Or you can use it to seal a cold draft, By permanently shutting up the flews. A tool used by a multitude of crews, It comes in a variety of heads, A tool that excites a poet’s muse, When used to open a bottle of meds. This all purpose tool has a simple name, That belies a screwdriver’s worldwide fame. Line Count: 14 Form: The Spenserian Sonnet and Iambic Pentameter – The Spenserian Sonnet was created by Edmund Spenser a 16th century English poet. It is composed of three quantrains and a closing couplet. Iambic Pentameter is most commonly used in the Spenserian sonnet and consists of 10 syllables per line made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The rhyme scheme is abab bcbc cdcd ee. Lines 2 and 4 of the first stanza rhyme with lines 1 and 2 of the second. Lines 2 and 4 of the second stanza rhyme with lines 1 and 2 of the third. The fourth stanza is a rhyming couplet. |
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