So Close to heaven - Sonnet

Well Shan, it doesn't suck horribly.  You will get this, I promise.  I may have to beat you.  Don't make me beat you... it sounds like too much fun and I'd get used to it.  Then I think I might be put in jail.  Right.  Your sonnet. Have done a couple of little fixes and sorted it into iambs, so you can see how the meter works.

WithOUT/ you IN/ my E/ver CHAN/ging LIFE

The SUN/ would EBB/ to SUCH/ a TI/ny LIGHT

No MORE/ i WANT/ than THIS:/ to BE/ your WIFE

To SPEND/ each MIN/ute OF/ all HOURS/ of NIGHT

SurROUN/ded BY/ your ARMS/ to KEEP/ me WARM

The BEAT/ of YOUR/ fast HEART/ aGAINST/ my EAR

With LIPS/ to LIPS/ and LOVE/ so TRUE/ to FORM

No MORE/ disTURBED/ by LACK/ of TRUST/ or FEAR

Your EYES/ a PER/fect SHADE/ of WON/ derFUL

And MY/ own LIFE/ in SUCH/ a STATE/ of BLISS

So LOST/ in LOVE'S/ comPELL/ingLY/ bright PULL

In SI/ lence HO/ping FOR/ your TEN/der KISS

And AS/ you SPEAK/ to ME/ a SOFT/ "i DO"

At LAST/ and AL/ways, I /beLONG/ to YOU

I really didn't change much, most of it is iambic -- the important thing to remember with this meter is to get yourself into a kind of chant rhythm, into the heartbeat, and make sure the words fit that pattern.  It's not like normal speech patterns.  Iambic pentameter is meant to be recited.