Alankar(Decor)-168

That Hometown House(Asean Sonnet) The Asean Sonnet is: lyrical. a quatorzain made up of an octave followed by a sestet. metric, iambic pentameter. mono-rhymed, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa. turned on the 9th line. That Hometown House It was in that housea home born and lived Old and young and kids all happily lived But the oldfor some years only survived They passed away one by one, home deprived But with the rest of the folkshome wellthrived Nextline of youths grown strong and old revived All was wellandthey all happily lived Lovingly thetwo generations lived But soona turn of life- new trend arrived Taste for life abroad-the youths wished and vied One by oneall fledaway as conceived Soonthe homebecameempty, nil, deceived House was left locked homeless bereaved and grieved It was in that housea home born and lived