Onyx Heliostat.Sonnet 7

To achieve distinct "maximalist" dictions within the rigid 14-line structure of a sonnet, the language must become a dense, claustrophobic mosaic of nouns and adjectives. The narrative now enters the Crystalline Deserts.

Canto III: The Lithic Labyrinth

Sonnet 7: The Siliceous Psammos

Opaline, vitreous, xeric, adamant,Porphyry, gneiss, obsidian, cinnabar,Basaltic, quartzose, flinty, terminant,Stalactic, cragged, beryl, specular.Anhydrous, calcined, lachrymosal, parched,Petrific, marble, jasper, malachite,Diaphanous, prismatic, over-arched,By cobalt, azure, lapis, anthracite.Smaragdine, chalcedonic, rubied, gold,Gypsiferous, feldspathic, mica, shale,Involuted, fractal, squamous, cold,Eburnean, argent, nacreous, and pale.Ochre, vermillion, gamboge, sepia,A lithic, gemmed, grand cosmogonia.