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so basically, in AP Spanish Literature, we had to write a sonnet following the rules of an italian sonnet. The rules, you ask? Eleven syllables per line, four stanzas-the first two with 4 lines each, the second two with 3 lines, the first two stanzas have to have a consonant rhyme with the pattern ABAB The second two stanzas also have to rhyme but in a different pattern. I chose CDD, CDD. Oh, and it has to involve Carpe Diem. Live for the day. Well. this is a bit difficult to pull off. Especially when I don't know worth the shit what I want to write about. Maybe that's because I start off with a good idea but then my ideas get jumbled up in my head and I end up going in a different direction and then my poem comes out like crap because it doesn't make sense. I need to learn how to organize my thoughts.
That's what happens when I get nervous too. I have so much to say, so therefore, I prepare myself, but when preparing myself, I end up with too much I want to say, so it's worse than when I started. So that's why I'm so quiet and just stay contained. Anyways, back to the sonnet. It turned out alright, but it definitely makes more sense in English, but since the syllables had to be taken into consideration, it had to be done like so. [p.s. the title is in first person, but the poem is in third.]
CADA VEZ QUE TE VEO
Callada sin el poder para hablar
Temblando, a respirar esta tratando
El cuarto le da vuelta, debe sentar
Ella con sus pies los estan quedando
Sus ojos abren y cierran a mirar
No puede creer en que esta mirando
Corazon cae, lo necesita arreglar
Por las mejillas, lagrimas bajando
Ahora que he visto se desaparece
Otra vez respira ella con alivio
Pero despues de eso nada mas le vio
Sin decir que queria se parece
Tal vez, quizas, le vera a otro sitio
Pero perdio su tiempo, es provisorio
and now in English...
EVERYTIME I SEE YOU
I stay quiet, I've lost the power to speak
Trembling; I find it hard to breathe
The room begins to spn, I should sit
Instead, my feet stay platered to the ground
My eyes wide open, jaw dropped
Is my vision skewed? no.
My heart takes a plunge until I feel it choke at my throat
Upon my anxiety, tears begin to form
Now you have disappeared
I can breathe again; relief
But will that be my last sight of you?
It seems you once again left me in silence
Maybe, just maybe, I'll see you again
There I go again, I lost my chance.
The english version doesn't follow the rules of the italian sonnet, but it was just a rough translation, not word for word. what's the carpe diem? Say what you feel before your chance is gone. And know what else? I lost that chance yesterday. yea.. that's what inspired this poem. not a very good poem, but it's alright for AP Spanish Lit. So gimme a break =]
later.
