"The Lady's Response"

"The Lady’s Response"

(A response to Shakespeare's Sonnet #138)

That foolish man, believing my deceit,
I flatter him because it suits my need.
Without him, I’d be living on the street.
It’s not my fault he’s easy to mislead.

He likes to hear me say he’s bold and strong
And that his face makes every maiden swoon.
Deep down inside, he knows my words are wrong,
But I sing praises, higher than the moon.

I guess I must admit I’m fond of him.
He’s kind and sweet; he treats me very well.
A bit of fawning seems to suit his whim
And life is good for this mademoiselle.

Apparently, it seems that I’ve been blind,
For after all, a good man’s hard to find.

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The response was written in a sonnet format, which consists of 14 lines.
Each line contains ten syllables and is written in iambic pentameter, in which a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is repeated five times.
The rhyme scheme in a Shakespearean sonnet is a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g.
The last two lines are a rhyming couplet.