Hi guys, I’m a senior in High School and am in an literature class, for the end of our poetry unit we had to write a poem and I chose to do a Petrarchan sonnet. What makes it a Petrarchan sonnet is that it is written in a iambic pentameter, meaning there is 10 syllables in each line and every other syllable is stressed. Also there is a specific rhyme scheme and it is split into an eight-line part and six-line part that each have their own complete thought. I took a lot of inspiration from “The Internationale”. Here it is:

A Call To The Workers of The World

Our earth is changing but not for the best
The value one adds to each product, gone
Profits all they care, human life begone
Those with all the riches get to oppress
Regular people shoulder all the stress
Pick yourself up by the bootstraps, c’mon
How? For we’ve no capital to live on
Peace among ourselves, we have to progress
Producers we cannot rest anymore
Laborers it is not time to discuss
We must do what our heart compels
Together our work could create much more
There is nobody coming to save us
Rise up, only we can save ourselves

Hope you guys learned a little bit about poetry and enjoyed!