For Love of Laura or L'aura?
This is the second in a set of sonnets(using the last line from the previous sonnet for the first line of this) in this series of sonnets examining the sonnet form itself and its respective fathers, Petrarch, and then after him, the Bard Shakespeare. I penned initially on Shakespeare, and reflecting further, a week later, on my 14th day of sonneteering daily for a year, finally wrote on the Prince of that 14-line delicacy himself.
According to my limited studies in Charles Tomlinson's Essay on the Sonnet, Petrarch's friends reportedly questioned his distraction over his Laura, asking whether he loved the lady herself or "L'aura". To which he replied he loved Laura herself. I propose that we, or at least myself, are so fond of more or less light itself, seeming to forever seek it; myself loving its effects on the natural world as well as the philosophical, hence my suggestion.
(sonnet # CCCXX)
Alas, dear Petrarch, pardon my offence.
My love is as intense, for L'aura too
Methinks, though not the person who'd imbue
Your waking moments, dance in eminence
Through all your dreams and thoughts, her excellence
Infusing ev'ry pore to sing her due,
With worship which would never let you woo
But from afar with dulcet eloquence.
Yet Love forever calls the sonneteer
To his refrains, and e'er anon remains
Its golden thread...with light. Transcendent sphere
Unwitting? lures, how L'aura nigh constrains
To chase with ecstasy its ways, so dear;
And yet eludes, too high, our grasp profanes.
16Nov11
the last three lines are well capping the poem.
Its a lovely poem,very nicely you wrote this piece with powerful words. Excellent
You have taken his gift and made it your own.
nice, nice..
Wow! Such an effortless flow. Quite a write indeed. tfs
Very nicely composed.
Philip sent over to check out your sonnet writing and I'm glad he did. This piece is wonderfully rendered. By the way, Philip sends his regards. Your friend in words, Pete
Beautiful verse, Cat
eclectic write
You are mastering the style very well indeed! A most enjoyable read.
Undobtedly a great sonnet to Petrarch and his Laura or L'aura - your sonnet a day challenge is going great Jenny
This project is coming along nicely, a fiscal year of sonnets
an interesting write.
Laura or l'aura , that is the question . For both intrigue and titillate the senses , for both are grandeur's second name ...your sonnets sizzle and grab the mind in a musical note ....