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Written when the poet was about sixteen years old, George Herbert's "Sonnet I" features a speaker who is precocious in his wisdom and prescient in his awareness.

Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "The Bean Eaters," demonstrates concretely the theme of poverty as the speaker describes the old couple in thirteen, instead of fourteen, lines.

According to Marcellus Blount, Winston Churchill utilized Claude McKay's sonnet, "If We Must Die," to "rally[ ] . . . the British into sustained battle against the Nazis.

From Songs of the Soul, Paramahansa Yogananda's poem focusing on the rose, titled "Protecting Thorns," dramatizes the theme about beauty and possession.

As General William Tecumseh Sherman averred, "War is hell!" But sometimes facing down hell leads to spiritual awareness unequaled by a conciliatory peace without honor.

Gwendolyn Bennett's sonnet, "Some things are very dear to me," resembles the Elizabethan sonnet with the rime scheme, ABACDCDEFEFGG, in its three quatrains and couplet.

You may be daunted by the prospect of writing a traditional Shakespearean or Italian sonnet, but sonnet-writing rules can be flexible and the outcome satisfying.

The retired speaker of Collins' little sonnet offers an amusing cogitation about the names of retirement communities, obviously not named for their function.

Unlike the Shakespearean speaker who is obsessed with his own talent and writing ability, the Spenserian speaker is obsessed with his sorrow over the loss of a beloved.

With this article, Poetry begins featuring a poet whose birthday falls in the current month. Born September 15, 1889, Claude McKay is a featured poet for September.

Robert Frost's poem "A Soldier" is a fascinating combination of the English and Italian sonnet. It offers an insightful testimonial on the meaning of a soldier's duty.

Musing on his blindness, 17th century poet John Milton created a new sonnet form. In addition to the Petrarchan and Elizabethan, a new Miltonic sonnet came into being.

Angela Manalang Gloria's poem, "To the Man I Married," metaphorically portrays her love for her husband by comparing her need for him to her need for the earth.

Shakespeare sonnet 18 begins the thematic group in which the speaker/poet muses on his writing talent, often addressing his Muse, his ability, and even his poems.

Every field of study has its scholars, critics, and commentarians, who employ terminological tools appropriate to their unique purposes. So it is with poetry commentary.