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Three Reasons to Write a Sonnet
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.
• sonnet writing • poetry forms • shakespearean sonnet • italian sonnet • english sonnet
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.
• sonnet writing • poetry forms • shakespearean sonnet • italian sonnet • english sonnet
Shakespeare in Love: The Dark Lady and the Late Sonnets
Everyone from the Queen to a local whore has been suggested as the so-called "dark lady" of Shakespeare's later sonnets. Little evidence gives any idea of her identity, but perhaps she was not a Londoner at all, but a homely, country woman left behind in Stratford.
• dark lady • shakespearean sonnets • anne hathaway
Everyone from the Queen to a local whore has been suggested as the so-called "dark lady" of Shakespeare's later sonnets. Little evidence gives any idea of her identity, but perhaps she was not a Londoner at all, but a homely, country woman left behind in Stratford.
• dark lady • shakespearean sonnets • anne hathaway
A Shakespearean Sonnet on Valentine's Day
Stuart Buchanan MacWatt climbs to the sunlit top of Glastonbury Tor on Valentine's Day to survey the rich pattern of rural England spread below in the ancient valleys and dedicates a Shakespearean sonnet.
• william • shakespeare • glastonbury • valentine • summer
Stuart Buchanan MacWatt climbs to the sunlit top of Glastonbury Tor on Valentine's Day to survey the rich pattern of rural England spread below in the ancient valleys and dedicates a Shakespearean sonnet.
• william • shakespeare • glastonbury • valentine • summer
Sonnet 42: A Love Justified
<font face="times new roman" color=black size=2>Delusion might save us from heartache momentarily, but it is not an absolute defense. In Sonnet 42, William Shakespeare illustrates the pain involved in betrayal, and the efforts we make to save ourselves, and those we love from the truth.</font>
• sonnet • love • betrayal • delusion • defense
<font face="times new roman" color=black size=2>Delusion might save us from heartache momentarily, but it is not an absolute defense. In Sonnet 42, William Shakespeare illustrates the pain involved in betrayal, and the efforts we make to save ourselves, and those we love from the truth.</font>
• sonnet • love • betrayal • delusion • defense
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : Beyond the Stage and Sonnet
William Shakespeare---one of the most passionate poets and playrights in the world. He found passion on the page, but how did his true-life romances fare?
• lynne remick • playright • william shakespeare • love • history
William Shakespeare---one of the most passionate poets and playrights in the world. He found passion on the page, but how did his true-life romances fare?
• lynne remick • playright • william shakespeare • love • history
How to Write a Sonnet
Writing a sonnet-even an Italian or Shakespearean sonnet-- is achievable if you have a draft poem most suitably expressed that way.
• sonnet writing • traditional poetry forms • how to write a poem • shakespearean sonnet • italian or petrarchan sonnet
Writing a sonnet-even an Italian or Shakespearean sonnet-- is achievable if you have a draft poem most suitably expressed that way.
• sonnet writing • traditional poetry forms • how to write a poem • shakespearean sonnet • italian or petrarchan sonnet
Shakespeare Sonnet 126
Sonnet 126 is a problem; it is not technically a sonnet. It has only 12 lines, six rimed couplets. It is located between the "young man" and the "dark lady" sonnets.
• shakespears scholars • three tehmatic categories • a problem sonnet • sonnet number 126 • elizabethan sonnet
Sonnet 126 is a problem; it is not technically a sonnet. It has only 12 lines, six rimed couplets. It is located between the "young man" and the "dark lady" sonnets.
• shakespears scholars • three tehmatic categories • a problem sonnet • sonnet number 126 • elizabethan sonnet
Review: A Southern Line and Other Poems
Suite 101.com's own Thomas James Martin displays his significant poetic talent in this superb ebook of poems.
• poems • thomas james martin • ebook • e. e. cummings • spiritual
Suite 101.com's own Thomas James Martin displays his significant poetic talent in this superb ebook of poems.
• poems • thomas james martin • ebook • e. e. cummings • spiritual
Theme: Love Poetry
The next article in the series of themes! Love is all around us...
• love • poetry • romance • verse • sonnet
The next article in the series of themes! Love is all around us...
• love • poetry • romance • verse • sonnet
Father Hopkins’ Sonnet
Mystical poets, like saints, are in the world but not of it. Hopkins' "God's Grandeur" demonstrates that this poet used his craft as a means of relating to the Divine.
• father hopkins’ sonnet • exploring god’s grandeur • petrarchan sonnet • ocatve • sestet
Mystical poets, like saints, are in the world but not of it. Hopkins' "God's Grandeur" demonstrates that this poet used his craft as a means of relating to the Divine.
• father hopkins’ sonnet • exploring god’s grandeur • petrarchan sonnet • ocatve • sestet
John Donne's Divine Sonnet VII
John Donne's "Divine Sonnet VII" shows us both a grand vision of the end of time, and a poet who is uncertain of his worthiness to meet God.
• divine sonnet vii • john donne • the round earth's imagine corners • volta • tense
John Donne's "Divine Sonnet VII" shows us both a grand vision of the end of time, and a poet who is uncertain of his worthiness to meet God.
• divine sonnet vii • john donne • the round earth's imagine corners • volta • tense
Shakespeare Sonnet 10
In Sonnet 10, the speaker challenges the young man's sense of self, regarding his love and affection for others. The speaker exaggerates the lack as "murderous hate."
• shakespeare sonnet 10 • for shame! deny that thou bear’st love to any • young man • quatrains • couplet
In Sonnet 10, the speaker challenges the young man's sense of self, regarding his love and affection for others. The speaker exaggerates the lack as "murderous hate."
• shakespeare sonnet 10 • for shame! deny that thou bear’st love to any • young man • quatrains • couplet
Shakespeare Sonnet 11
In marriage sonnet 11, the speaker again evokes the young man's pleasing qualities, claiming that the lad has an obligation to marry and pass them on to offspring.
• shakespeare sonnet 1 • as fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow’st • marriage sonnet 11 • the young man’s pleasing qualities • obligation to marry
In marriage sonnet 11, the speaker again evokes the young man's pleasing qualities, claiming that the lad has an obligation to marry and pass them on to offspring.
• shakespeare sonnet 1 • as fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow’st • marriage sonnet 11 • the young man’s pleasing qualities • obligation to marry
Shakespeare Sonnet 12
The speaker of Shakespeare's marriage poem 12 again shows how changing nature always comes under "Time's scythe," and only one remedy can fend him off: producing an heir.
• marriage sonnet 12 • when i do count the clock that tells the time • under the sway of nature • changing nature • time’s scythe
The speaker of Shakespeare's marriage poem 12 again shows how changing nature always comes under "Time's scythe," and only one remedy can fend him off: producing an heir.
• marriage sonnet 12 • when i do count the clock that tells the time • under the sway of nature • changing nature • time’s scythe
Shakespeare Sonnet 13
In sonnet 13 the speaker continues pleading with the young man to marry and father a son. Again, the speaker is quite specific: "You had a father: let your son say so."
• shakespeare sonnet 13 • o! that you were yourself but love you are • marriage sonnets • young man • who lets so fair a house fall to decay
In sonnet 13 the speaker continues pleading with the young man to marry and father a son. Again, the speaker is quite specific: "You had a father: let your son say so."
• shakespeare sonnet 13 • o! that you were yourself but love you are • marriage sonnets • young man • who lets so fair a house fall to decay
Shakespeare Sonnet 138
The speaker in Sonnet 138 confesses to a less than perfect relationship based on lies and deceit of which each partner is aware, yet they continue to flatter each other.
• shakespeare sonnet 138 • when my love swears that she is made of truth • quatrain • couplet • vainly thinking
The speaker in Sonnet 138 confesses to a less than perfect relationship based on lies and deceit of which each partner is aware, yet they continue to flatter each other.
• shakespeare sonnet 138 • when my love swears that she is made of truth • quatrain • couplet • vainly thinking
Shakespeare Sonnet 14
In sonnet 14 the speaker says he does not have the power to predict the future by gazing at the stars in the sky, but the eyes of the young man tell all he needs to know.
• shakespeare sonnet 14 • ‘not from the stars do i my judgment pluck’ • to predict the future • understanding of astronomy • from the heavenly stars
In sonnet 14 the speaker says he does not have the power to predict the future by gazing at the stars in the sky, but the eyes of the young man tell all he needs to know.
• shakespeare sonnet 14 • ‘not from the stars do i my judgment pluck’ • to predict the future • understanding of astronomy • from the heavenly stars
Shakespeare Sonnet 15
In marriage sonnet 15, the speaker employs the Time metaphor again to persuade the young man that his only hope for deliverance from decrepitude is to produce offspring.
• shakespeare sonnet 15 • when i consider every thing that grows • young man • theater metaphor • when i perceive that men as plants increase
In marriage sonnet 15, the speaker employs the Time metaphor again to persuade the young man that his only hope for deliverance from decrepitude is to produce offspring.
• shakespeare sonnet 15 • when i consider every thing that grows • young man • theater metaphor • when i perceive that men as plants increase
Shakespeare Sonnet 16
The speaker of Sonnet 16 likens the struggle with time to war. The young man is at war with Time as if it were a bloody tyrant he has encountered on a battlefield.
• shakespeare sonnet 16 • but wherefore do not you a mightier way • quatrain • couplet • lines of life
The speaker of Sonnet 16 likens the struggle with time to war. The young man is at war with Time as if it were a bloody tyrant he has encountered on a battlefield.
• shakespeare sonnet 16 • but wherefore do not you a mightier way • quatrain • couplet • lines of life
Shakespeare Sonnet 28
The speaker is suffering writer's block and complains that both day and night seem to be conspiring to keep him from fulfilling his beloved writing duties.
• shakespeare sonnet 28 • how can i then return in happy plight • writer's block • quatrain • couplet
The speaker is suffering writer's block and complains that both day and night seem to be conspiring to keep him from fulfilling his beloved writing duties.
• shakespeare sonnet 28 • how can i then return in happy plight • writer's block • quatrain • couplet
Shakespeare Sonnet 29
The speaker being quite human sometimes suffers feelings of defeat, but when he thinks about his poetry, he realizes how lucky he is to be able to create.
• shakespeare sonnet 29 • when in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes • quatrain • couplet • feeling cursed
The speaker being quite human sometimes suffers feelings of defeat, but when he thinks about his poetry, he realizes how lucky he is to be able to create.
• shakespeare sonnet 29 • when in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes • quatrain • couplet • feeling cursed
Shakespeare Sonnet 30
Sonnet 30 belongs to the group that is mistakenly thought to be addressed to a young man, but no young man appears, only a "dear friend"-only his poetic talent.
• shakespeare sonnet 30 • when to the sessions of sweet silent thought • quatrain • couplet • sorrow
Sonnet 30 belongs to the group that is mistakenly thought to be addressed to a young man, but no young man appears, only a "dear friend"-only his poetic talent.
• shakespeare sonnet 30 • when to the sessions of sweet silent thought • quatrain • couplet • sorrow
Shakespeare Sonnet 31
The speaker/poet dramatizes the importance and function of his poetry: through his talent, his friends and lovers whom he thought dead remain alive in his poem.
• shakespeare sonnet 31 • thy bosom is endeared with all hearts • talent • love • art
The speaker/poet dramatizes the importance and function of his poetry: through his talent, his friends and lovers whom he thought dead remain alive in his poem.
• shakespeare sonnet 31 • thy bosom is endeared with all hearts • talent • love • art
Shakespeare Sonnet 32
In Shakespeare sonnet 32, the speaker seems more humble than usual about his poems as he addresses a loved one.
• shakespeare sonnet 32 • if thou survive my well-contented day • compare them with the bettering of the time • quatrian • couplet
In Shakespeare sonnet 32, the speaker seems more humble than usual about his poems as he addresses a loved one.
• shakespeare sonnet 32 • if thou survive my well-contented day • compare them with the bettering of the time • quatrian • couplet
Shakespeare Sonnet 33
The extended metaphor of sonnet 33 dramatizes clouds hiding the sun. The sun represents the speaker's writing talent or muse, and the clouds are lulls in inspiration.
• william shakespeare • sonnet 33 • full many a glorious morning have i seen • anon permit the basest clouds to ride • quatrain
The extended metaphor of sonnet 33 dramatizes clouds hiding the sun. The sun represents the speaker's writing talent or muse, and the clouds are lulls in inspiration.
• william shakespeare • sonnet 33 • full many a glorious morning have i seen • anon permit the basest clouds to ride • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 34
Sonnet 34 portrays with an extended metaphor of weather, sun, and clouds the crests and troughs of the ever-evolving activity of the speaker's writing talent.
• shakespeare • sonnet 34 • why didst thou promise such a beauteous day • extended metaphor • quatrain
Sonnet 34 portrays with an extended metaphor of weather, sun, and clouds the crests and troughs of the ever-evolving activity of the speaker's writing talent.
• shakespeare • sonnet 34 • why didst thou promise such a beauteous day • extended metaphor • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 4
Each "marriage sonnet" employs a particular metaphor, but the speaker continues with his one theme; he is trying to persuade the young man to marry and produce offspring.
• shakespeare sonnet 4 • unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spend • marriage sonnets • metaphor • quatrain
Each "marriage sonnet" employs a particular metaphor, but the speaker continues with his one theme; he is trying to persuade the young man to marry and produce offspring.
• shakespeare sonnet 4 • unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spend • marriage sonnets • metaphor • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 49
Addressing his muse, the poet/speaker warns that he will do whatever it takes to secure himself from any possible future loss of inspiration.
• shakespeare 49 • against that time • if ever that time come • against that time when thou shalt strangely pass • against that time do i ensconce me here
Addressing his muse, the poet/speaker warns that he will do whatever it takes to secure himself from any possible future loss of inspiration.
• shakespeare 49 • against that time • if ever that time come • against that time when thou shalt strangely pass • against that time do i ensconce me here
Shakespeare Sonnet 5
The speaker of sonnet 5 dramatizes the young man's youth as summer and compares old age to horrid winter, while portraying offspring as the distillation of flowers.
• shakespeare sonnet 5 • those hours that with gentle work did frame • mariage sonnet • passage of time • summer
The speaker of sonnet 5 dramatizes the young man's youth as summer and compares old age to horrid winter, while portraying offspring as the distillation of flowers.
• shakespeare sonnet 5 • those hours that with gentle work did frame • mariage sonnet • passage of time • summer
Shakespeare Sonnet 50
The speaker laments the battle between body and soul-the dualism that even his art cannot surmount in times of tribulation and woe.
• shakespeare sonnet 50 • how heavy do i journey on the way • the beast that bears me • tired with my woe • dualism
The speaker laments the battle between body and soul-the dualism that even his art cannot surmount in times of tribulation and woe.
• shakespeare sonnet 50 • how heavy do i journey on the way • the beast that bears me • tired with my woe • dualism
Shakespeare Sonnet 51
As in Sonnet 50, this speaker continues the use of the horse metaphor, as he explores the contrast between body and soul.
• shakespeare sonnet 51 • thus can my love excuse the slow offence • sonnet 51 • pegasus • winged-horse
As in Sonnet 50, this speaker continues the use of the horse metaphor, as he explores the contrast between body and soul.
• shakespeare sonnet 51 • thus can my love excuse the slow offence • sonnet 51 • pegasus • winged-horse
Shakespeare Sonnet 6
Sonnet 6 might be considered a companion piece to Sonnet 5 as the speaker opens by referring to the metaphor he used in the earlier sonnet, the distillation of flowers.
• shakespeare sonnet 6 • then let not winter’s ragged hand deface • young man • offspring • sonnet
Sonnet 6 might be considered a companion piece to Sonnet 5 as the speaker opens by referring to the metaphor he used in the earlier sonnet, the distillation of flowers.
• shakespeare sonnet 6 • then let not winter’s ragged hand deface • young man • offspring • sonnet
Shakespeare Sonnet 64
In sonnet 64, the speaker remains earthbound, reporting that he fears losing his love but is convinced that it must happen. But does he imply a remedy?
• shakespeare sonnet 64 • when i have seen by time’s fell hand defac’d • when i have seen the hungry ocean gain • when i have seen such interchange of state • this thought is as a death which cannot choose
In sonnet 64, the speaker remains earthbound, reporting that he fears losing his love but is convinced that it must happen. But does he imply a remedy?
• shakespeare sonnet 64 • when i have seen by time’s fell hand defac’d • when i have seen the hungry ocean gain • when i have seen such interchange of state • this thought is as a death which cannot choose
Shakespeare Sonnet 65
While sonnet 64 lamented the decay of the physical/material world, sonnet 65 provides the remedy that mitigates the ravages of that decay.
• shakespeare • sonnet 64 • 65 • who is shakespeare? • since brass nor stone nor earth nor boundless sea
While sonnet 64 lamented the decay of the physical/material world, sonnet 65 provides the remedy that mitigates the ravages of that decay.
• shakespeare • sonnet 64 • 65 • who is shakespeare? • since brass nor stone nor earth nor boundless sea
Shakespeare Sonnet 7
The speaker employs a clever pun in Sonnet 7 as he metaphorically compares the young man's life to a daily trip of the great star across the sky.
• shakespeare sonnet 7 • lo! in the orient when the gracious light • young man • father a child • clever pun
The speaker employs a clever pun in Sonnet 7 as he metaphorically compares the young man's life to a daily trip of the great star across the sky.
• shakespeare sonnet 7 • lo! in the orient when the gracious light • young man • father a child • clever pun
Shakespeare Sonnet 73
The speaker in sonnet 73 employs three different metaphors to describe his aging process: a tree, a day, and a fire; his purpose is to emphasize the strength of love.
• shakespeare sonnet 73 • that time of year thou mayst in me behold • metaphor • aging • black night
The speaker in sonnet 73 employs three different metaphors to describe his aging process: a tree, a day, and a fire; his purpose is to emphasize the strength of love.
• shakespeare sonnet 73 • that time of year thou mayst in me behold • metaphor • aging • black night
Shakespeare Sonnet 8
In Shakespeare's "Marriage Sonnet 8," the speaker for the first time evokes the joyful state of marriage itself, as he continues urging the young man to produce an heir.
• shakespeare’s marriage sonnet 8 • music to hearwhy hear’st thou music sadly • the state of marriage • music metaphor • the young man
In Shakespeare's "Marriage Sonnet 8," the speaker for the first time evokes the joyful state of marriage itself, as he continues urging the young man to produce an heir.
• shakespeare’s marriage sonnet 8 • music to hearwhy hear’st thou music sadly • the state of marriage • music metaphor • the young man
Shakespeare Sonnet 9
In Sonnet 9, the speaker queries the young man about another possible reason for his remaining single: does he fear leaving some poor woman a widow?
• shakespeare sonnet 9 • is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye • chiding the young man for not marrying • a crying widow • issuless
In Sonnet 9, the speaker queries the young man about another possible reason for his remaining single: does he fear leaving some poor woman a widow?
• shakespeare sonnet 9 • is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye • chiding the young man for not marrying • a crying widow • issuless
Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 130
Is Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 a moving and radical attempt to write a realistic love poem, or an attack on his work of his poetic contemporaries?
• shakespeare sonnet 130 • blazon. • my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun • any she belied by false compare • edmund spenser
Is Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 a moving and radical attempt to write a realistic love poem, or an attack on his work of his poetic contemporaries?
• shakespeare sonnet 130 • blazon. • my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun • any she belied by false compare • edmund spenser
Shakespeare's Sonnet No.4
Shakespeare combines themes of inheritance, usury and sexual innuendo whilst urging the beloved to marry.
• shakespeare sonnet 4 • unthrifty loveliness • renaissance usury • the merchant of venice • shakespeare sexual innuendo
Shakespeare combines themes of inheritance, usury and sexual innuendo whilst urging the beloved to marry.
• shakespeare sonnet 4 • unthrifty loveliness • renaissance usury • the merchant of venice • shakespeare sexual innuendo
The Sonnet as a Cage
In Millay's Petrarchan sonnet, the speaker resolves to tame Chaos by placing him in the cage of a sonnet, where she will be able to make an orderly being of him.
• the sonnet as a cage • millay’s i will put chaos into fourteen lines • octave • sestet • greek mythology
In Millay's Petrarchan sonnet, the speaker resolves to tame Chaos by placing him in the cage of a sonnet, where she will be able to make an orderly being of him.
• the sonnet as a cage • millay’s i will put chaos into fourteen lines • octave • sestet • greek mythology
McKay's 'America'
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.
• claude mckay • america • jamaica • love and hate • sonnet
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.
• claude mckay • america • jamaica • love and hate • sonnet
Oscar Wilde's 'To My Wife'
Oscar Wilde is noted more for his plays than for his poems. He was a proponent of "art for art's sake," a kind of precursor to the fragmentation of modernism.
• oscar wilde • to my wife • fragmentation • modernism • elizabethan sonnet
Oscar Wilde is noted more for his plays than for his poems. He was a proponent of "art for art's sake," a kind of precursor to the fragmentation of modernism.
• oscar wilde • to my wife • fragmentation • modernism • elizabethan sonnet
Wordsworth's Romantic Cry
Wordsworth's Italian sonnet is the Romantic cry of a speaker who wants it both ways: he wants to be a pagan, yet still retain his enlightenment values.
• wordsworth’s romantic cry • the world is too much with us • italian sonnet • petrarchan sonnet • rime scheme
Wordsworth's Italian sonnet is the Romantic cry of a speaker who wants it both ways: he wants to be a pagan, yet still retain his enlightenment values.
• wordsworth’s romantic cry • the world is too much with us • italian sonnet • petrarchan sonnet • rime scheme
In Search of Poetry at Home
I went to look for poetry in my hometown. Come and see what I discovered.
• all about poetry • poetry month • kay day • dr. paula feldman • sonnets
I went to look for poetry in my hometown. Come and see what I discovered.
• all about poetry • poetry month • kay day • dr. paula feldman • sonnets
Love Poetry/Prose Contest
enter a personal love poem or romantic letter to win a book of sonnets for Valentine's
• poetry • love • love poetry • romantic poetry • romantic letters
enter a personal love poem or romantic letter to win a book of sonnets for Valentine's
• poetry • love • love poetry • romantic poetry • romantic letters
More than a Memorable Romantic
Ba Browning is best known for her sonnets, but there was a lot more to this Victorian poet than romanticism.
• ba browning • elizabeth barrett browning • robert browning • sonnets to the portuguese • valentine's
Ba Browning is best known for her sonnets, but there was a lot more to this Victorian poet than romanticism.
• ba browning • elizabeth barrett browning • robert browning • sonnets to the portuguese • valentine's
Falling into Form
Why are we seeing sonnets, sestinas, and other formal poetry more frequently?
• able muse • able • muse • poetry • sonnet
Why are we seeing sonnets, sestinas, and other formal poetry more frequently?
• able muse • able • muse • poetry • sonnet
Just Strong Enough
Sometimes a little inspiration as expressed in early spring flowers is strong enough to change one's perception of reality.
• inspiration • soul • spirit • flowers • shakespeare
Sometimes a little inspiration as expressed in early spring flowers is strong enough to change one's perception of reality.
• inspiration • soul • spirit • flowers • shakespeare
Malay Pantoum Found in America
The Pantoum is a poem of Malay origin that requires quatrains to repeat a pattern of lines in a specific manner.
• poetry • writing poetry • pantoum • malay • neil gaiman
The Pantoum is a poem of Malay origin that requires quatrains to repeat a pattern of lines in a specific manner.
• poetry • writing poetry • pantoum • malay • neil gaiman