The Gate

Carefully listen for the trumpets calling.
Never again will the brasses be heard.
Hear the rejoicing - the end of the stalling!
Thundre, not living, forever deferred.
The heavenly sunlight has called us away.
Music unheard, now, the ear comprehending.
Motionless, standing, foretasting the end.
Cautiously waiting, the eyes not forbearing.
See the glory of God now distend.
The heavenly sunlight is not far away.
At no time in Glory will Mankind distress -
Eternally living - no sin to confess.
Glistening, holy, the souls now await
The presence of Jesus, for them, at The Gate.

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Notes:

This sonnet is not in a typical sonnet form - there being two. In a Shakespearean sonnet, each quatrain (three sets of four lines in a row) outlines a specific idea, which is then followed by the couplet, which basically sums up the idea of the entire poem. The rhyme can usually be outlined ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

This is an example of how to label a rhyme scheme:
My tongue-tied muse in manners holds her still, A
While comments of your praise, richly compiled, B
Reserve their character with golden quill A
And precious phrase by all the muses filed. B
I think good thoughts, whilst other write good words, C
And like unlettered clerk still cry “Amen” D
To every hymn that able spirit affords, C
In polished form of well-refinèd pen. D
Hearing you praised, I say “'Tis so, ’tis true,” E
And to the most of praise add something more; F
But that is in my thought, whose love to you, E
Though words come hindmost, holds his rank before. F
Then others for the breath of words respect, G
Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect. G
~ W. Shakespeare

Note that at the end of every line, the word rhymes with at least one other line in the sonnet. The first line ends with 'still,' so we label it A and label every line that ends with a word which rhymes (e.g. = quill) in the same manner. You go through the alphabet until you are done with the poem, though sonnets typically don't go any farther than G.

Petrarchan sonnets usually have two quatrains followed by a sestet (six lines in a row). The rhyme usually is ABBA ABBA CDECDE/CDCDCD.

Shakespearean is the sonnet form I typically use, but my sonnet, today, has two quatrains and three couplets - one of the couplets being separated by an entire quatrain. The rhyme scheme makes this more obvious: ABAB C ADAD C EE FF.