Darkness
At times, we need something to help us see,
The light that shines above the darkest things.
Of course, we feel we need to be set free;
But, I can see what heaven never brings.
Darkness is stronger than the brightest light,
That lights up everyone’s happier life.
Nothing can tell us other ways of sight,
As my life is a broken carving knife.
But now, the morning will start to arise,
And I will always remember the times.
The darker things that I simply despise,
And the things that I call my “kitchen crimes.”
The world is a place where we all are dead,
Or is everything just inside my head?
Sonnet questions – Complete these questions for each member of your table group. You will be posting your answers on their blogs.
1. Who wrote this sonnet?
liam
2. What was the title of their sonnet?
Darkness
3. What was the sonnet about?
Everything being bad
4. What was the person trying to say in writing their sonnet?
That the world is a dark place
5. How did listening to this person’s sonnet make you feel?
Sad and unhappy
6. What words in the sonnet made you feel that way?
Dead, knife, heaven never brings, darkest
7. What did you picture while listening to this person read their sonnet aloud? If you forgot you can ask them to read their sonnet again.
A dark sad lonely basement
8. What specific words made you see this image?
DEATH
9. Did this sonnet have a “turning point?” If so, where was it? What happened?
The last quatrain and couplet
10. What was your favourite line in the sonnet? Give one reason why.
I liked the carving knife part
1. Who wrote this sonnet?
Liam
2. What was the title of their sonnet?
Darkness
3. What was the sonnet about?
It was about being in the dark, alone, sad.
4. What was the person trying to say in writing their sonnet?
He was trying to explain what darkness felt like.
5. How did listening to this person’s sonnet make you feel?
It made me feel anxious, nervous.
6. What words in the sonnet made you feel that way?
Broken carving knife, despise, kitchen crimes, dead.
7. What did you picture while listening to this person read their sonnet aloud? If you forgot you can ask them to read their sonnet again.
Murder. I saw a sad person lurking in the darkness.
8. What specific words made you see this image?
Broken carving knife, despise, kitchen crimes, dead.
9. Did this sonnet have a “turning point?” If so, where was it? What happened?
“Now the morning will start to arise”, is the turning point because there will be light and happiness.
10. What was your favourite line in the sonnet? Give one reason why.
“The world is a place where all is dead.”
Hey, Liam. I enjoyed the interesting theme of your poem about what our world really is. The second quatrain really grabs me, you have a really interesting view about our world like you were thinking about it in a really really dark room, all alone (quatrain two to four is how I came up with that.) I didn’t really feel anything as I listened to your sonnet, or maybe a little neutral in fact. My favourite line is “The world is a place where we all are dead, Or is everything just inside my head?” because it just really and properly wraps the theme up all together.-Nyssa