Saturday, November 24, 2012

Cave Sonnet

Imagine a world, wise Plato once said
Where you were brought up in a cave instead
Paralyzed by heavy shackles and chains
Gazing one way for moving causes pain
A fire behind made shadows upon your wall
A false image of you, shackles and all
This dark world would be the one thought as true
Another reality seen by you
Then imagine you were brought to the light
Freed from the chains by help or by ones might
A world that you would struggle to accept
Possible only with  a mind adept
 What Plato wanted us to understand
How views can differ of the world at hand

6 comments:

  1. great job! i liked the last two lines the best. I feel that they concluded the sonent well. please comment on mine when you can :)http://danig14.blogspot.com/

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  2. good job! it shows a strong understanding of the allegory. nice job :)

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  3. Excellent poem! It sounds like you got the meter perfect. Amazing job. Could you comment to my blog as well?

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  4. Great Job!! You should be a professional poet. The whole thing flowed really well

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  5. This was an absolutely amazing sonnet. One of the best I have come across. Not only was the meter right, but the content had great depth. Wow. I'm in awe

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  6. I really enjoyed your sonnet. Good job. Like the rhyming.

    Please comment on mine

    http://pkimrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/11/allegory-of-caves-sonnet.html

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