Sonnets

Sonnets, hyperlinked by title, will be posted below.

We'll call this a blended, "Bridgewardian" sonnet:
 * your task is to use an ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme, with 10-syllable lines, and a 9th-line-turn to present a case, situation, or argument and then counter (or redirect) it.

Thanks, and sorry for the confusion. //I screwed up: the sonnet I wrote uses an Italian volta (i.e., the turn) at LINE 9, in the Petrarchan style. The rhyme scheme, however, is classically Elizabethan (i.e., Shakespearean). The piece was started so long ago that I'd forgotten it was intended as a blend. So to clarify: it's a misnomer to label mine an Italian sonnet (unless we're referring to my ethnicity). Your task, however, remains the same: use the same rhyme scheme, syllable guidelines, and 9th-line-turn to present a case, situation, or argument and then counter (or redirect) it. Mi dispiace per la confusione.// The Knight of Darkness (Anish Vora) @Death has no return policies The Sea of Emergence (Nicole Gololobov) Life Amidst the Atoms (Grace Chen) @The Traveler (Jacob Tyles) Cold (Taylor Pestorius) @The Two Paths (Jess Debski) Some Kind of Hope (Brooke Lockwood) Mirrors are real, and so are our eyes. (Ricson Cheng) A Taxing Ordeal (Devin Soni) The Cycle of Pain (Zach Kalik)
 * In case you missed the explanation of my mistake, here is what I posted: