OMG!! I was so taken by this sonnet that I have told all my friends about it! It was well writen and has a good flow to it. I was very moved by this because it portrays such strong emotion. If I where in a war on the battlefeild when swords where the common wepon. I think I would have felt exactly like that. I hope to see more of this authers work.

You know the best and worst part of RK is the history which is involved. Wonderful Sonnet!

Wow, that was short but wonderful, ever so poetic, simply wonderful. A+!!

I read this poem a long time ago, but I only just found it again. Wonderful poem.

Wanderer, if you're still frequenting FFnet, would it be possible for you to please e-mail me? (hb1[at]hakubaikou[dot]com) Sorry for using a review to ask, but I've no other way to contact you, and I have a request to make.

excellent work!

Excellent! Very well versed, i must say!

Wanderer, that was lovely. Great imagery. Nice use of alliteration in the first stanza.

Very nicely done! Good job on getting the format right - I've tried a few sonnets myself but I can't quite get the emphasis to work out. Anyways, this review is about you, not me, so I'll quit babbling. Overall, I liked this sonnet very much - however, one thing I would change is the arrangement of the words in several of the lines. For example, the line "A cruel reign he felt which broke the land.", might sound better if the order was switched so that it said "A cruel reign which he felt broke the land." But I'm not your beta reader or anything, and my suggestion probably ruins the stressed/unstressed pattern, so don't go by me. Just keep up the good work. :)

9/10

Excellent. One minor suggestion, in line 6, "that" is probably more "correct" than which - but naturally you have poetic license to prefer "which". I especially liked the final lines. The structure was satisfying in following the traditional form, revealing, as you displaed, the importance and poignancy of the final rhyme.
Thanks for sharing it!