A song of life that ends each day. Listen to nature’s nocturne play. Form: Saraband Sonnet |
Nature's Nocturne The wind sighs softly in the tree; it plays each branch, each tender leaf, a part of nature's symphony. As night begins to paint the skies, the twinkling of the fireflies in rhythm with the night bird's tune bids welcome to the rising moon. Basso profundo from the frogs, their croaking part of the motif, echo above the ponds and logs. The crickets add their harmonies to mix with sounds upon the breeze; a song of life that ends each day. Listen to nature's nocturne play. An entry for "Invalid Item" Prompt: Open Form: Saraband Sonnet ~ The Saraband is based on a musical dance form with four stanzas, alternating between tercets (3 lines) and quantrains (4 lines) written in either tetrameter or pentameter. Stanzas one and three, the tercets, carry a rhyme scheme of [a – x – a]. Stanzas two and four, the quatrains, may carry rhyme schemes of [b – b – c – c ], [b – c – b – c], [b – c – c – b], or any combination of the three. Nocturne ~ a musical piece appropriate to the night or evening. basso profundo ~ a singer with a bass voice of the lowest range. |