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Instructions On How To Write A Sonnet In Sonnet Form
By Kylyssa Shay | Published 3/24/2008 | Read more »
I have been thankful for Shakespeare lately. To celebrate his life and work, the following Thanksgiving poem was written using Shakespeare's weapon of choice, Iambic Pentameter. It is also written in the form of a Sonnet.
By Greg Petrone | Published 11/11/2008 | Read more »
A look at how the lives of the Tudor and Stuart blood lines have inspired Renaissance to contemporary poetry, including the sonnet.
By Carolyn Lawrence | Published 11/21/2008 | Read more »
An analysis of Spenser's Sonnet 75
By Rukhaya MK | Published 1/18/2009 | Read more »
A critical analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 30."
By Julie Moore | Published 10/22/2008 | Read more »
I never was one to write sentimental poetry, but a sonnet should be about love, and yet...
By Davida Chazan | Published 2/2/2009 | Read more »
A short synopsis of John Donne (Doctor Donne) and his 14th Holy Sonnet.
By A. Swanson | Published 3/18/2009 | Read more »
Deep analysis of the sonnet #73.
By Octavio Gomez | Published 3/16/2009 | Read more »
Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 116"
By Rukhaya MK | Published 3/9/2009 | Read more »
The classic token of love, a rose... or a sonnet? How about both? Here's a classic Shakespearean sonnet to enjoy and with Valentine's day coming up soon, maybe you can even write your own!
By Nyiko | Published 1/22/2008 | Read more »
The sonnet is the most popular form of poetry in Western history. Learn how to write one of your own.
By Mark L. | Published 2/19/2007 | Read more »
French has been described as the language of love and a few words in French can make many girls melt. At the same time, what's more romantic than a sonnet declaring your love? In this sonnet, I combined both, French and a romantic poem.
By Nyiko | Published 1/22/2008 | Read more »
In the beginning, the Sicilian School of court poets seemingly devised the sonnet form sometime around the 13th century.
By William Klacks | Published 12/28/2006 | Read more »
There is much more that meets the eye with Donne, take for example the rape imagry in his "Holy Sonnet 10"
By Kevin Eleazer | Published 9/22/2006 | Read more »
The sonnet is one of poetry's most time-honored and popular forms. Shakespeare's sonnets remain some of the most-read poems in English literature. Although it is difficult to master, the sonnet is simple to comprehend.
By Jolie O'Dell | Published 9/7/2006 | Read more »
John Donne's Sonnet 14 is a primal scream for help from a lost soul, with violent and shocking imagery.
By Dianna Zaragoza | Published 3/29/2007 | Read more »
The perspective of years can temper the throes of passion, as Edmund Spencer shows in his Sonnet 34 from the Amoretti.
By Dianna Zaragoza | Published 3/13/2007 | Read more »
Examination of Shakespeare's Sonnet 97
By Maureen Rousseau | Published 4/5/2007 | Read more »
Ikwy's first attemppt at writing a Sonnet...You are the center of my avid earth...
By Patty Kay | Published 10/16/2007 | Read more »
sonnet - thanking writers for their inspiring work and toward more love on Earth
By Deonils | Published 7/12/2007 | Read more »
a sonnet about how we may not be asked to run our mouths about God, since God has angels to do this!
By Deonils | Published 7/15/2007 | Read more »
Another article that showcases common critical perspectives (Longinian, Horation, Marxist, etc) to explore and understand literature, using Lock's sonnets as the literature in question.
By Robin Sulkosky | Published 9/3/2008 | Read more »
Art and literature are two mediums which often tell the same story. The two mediums pair so well that modern day artists' and authors' works often collaborate together to create books.
By CSW | Published 8/13/2007 | Read more »
A poem in the spirit of Christmas
By Jim Glass | Published 11/20/2008 | Read more »
Five helpful hints for any struggling poet to create a poem reminiscent of the six-hundred year old form.
By Christopher Butler | Published 10/11/2008 | Read more »
try as I may I cannot master this romantic art form
By Louisa Burgess | Published 8/7/2008 | Read more »
What happens to your Faith and faithfulness when you ignore a call, a divine beckoning?
By Deonils | Published 7/23/2007 | Read more »
Love won't wait forever before it departs. It will leave you standing still, feeling like a fool. But be careful you're not caught with your pants down when it comes back around.
By Keith Mills | Published 12/28/2006 | Read more »
An Analysis of of Donne's ability to balance seemingly opposing situations, in both his structure and style, in his poem.
By Dawn Lee | Published 12/8/2006 | Read more »
I'm not an artist. I can't paint. But that doesn't mean I don't have interesting ideas about what I would like to paint. If you are interested in extending your creativity, try this experiment yourself.
By Timothy Sexton | Published 2/16/2007 | Read more »
The power of the poet's gaze to define his subjects is examined.
By Cynthia C. Scott | Published 5/25/2006 | Read more »
A sonnet dedicated to my experiences with Thanksgiving.
By Huen Chen | Published 11/10/2008 | Read more »
analysis of William Shakespeare's 18th sonnet, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day".
By Jordan Dickie | Published 11/30/2008 | Read more »
A poem called "The Stone Sonnet."
By Zachary Morin | Published 12/18/2008 | Read more »
This a sonnet of 14 lines which describes love as it evolves
By Pala Suriya Kala | Published 7/17/2008 | Read more »
A First Anniversary Sonnet You May Use for Free!
By Gary Davis | Published 2/17/2009 | Read more »
Young love is doomed, we all learn that at some point, but my struggle carries on over the years.
By Mackenzie Clark | Published 1/8/2009 | Read more »
Discusses in depth the use of petrarchan sonnet in Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "First Fight. Then Fiddle."
By Brian Jackson | Published 10/23/2007 | Read more »
A whimsical sonnet based upon my experience as a school bus driver.
By Rita Parkin | Published 7/11/2008 | Read more »
Through the second sonnet in Sir Philip Sydney's "Astrophel and Stella," the internal battle of listening to reason or giving in to love is presented.
By Emily Kiser | Published 5/20/2008 | Read more »
A sonnet about a winter evening in Bronson Park, Kalamazoo, Mich.
By SThalmann | Published 3/7/2008 | Read more »
A sonnet to celebrate the trials and triumphs of married life.
By Joan Skoda | Published 5/27/2008 | Read more »
A Sociological Analysis of John Milton's sonnet "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent"
By Daniel de Bourbon-Deux Siciles | Published 9/11/2008 | Read more »
A look at Shakespeare's works, Sonnet II and Sonnet CXXXVIII
By Carolyn Lawrence | Published 10/24/2008 | Read more »
His 29th sonnet, entitled When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes, holds a general theme of love that is prevalent in many of his other sonnets.
By Quack | Published 8/29/2008 | Read more »
Whether it is the construction paper and crayon creation of a child or an epic sonnet written in the handwriting of your sweetie, there is no doubt that a homemade card wins over the store bought ones hands down in both thoughtfulness and originality.
By Julie Hockenberry | Published 4/30/2008 | Read more »
short poem about hope and our new president
By oonah merriwether | Published 11/6/2008 | Read more »
Something I had to write for english class
By Max M. Power | Published 7/2/2008 | Read more »
Black history is shaped by the legacy of hope and perseverance even during the most depressing times. This has led to the fulfillment of dreams and is a guiding force for the present generation and generations to come.
By Arene | Published 1/23/2009 | Read more »
A simple, beginner's guide to three poetic forms for National Poetry Month 2009.
By Amanda K. Campbell | Published 3/12/2009 | Read more »
Blank verse, haiku and the Shakespearean sonnet are three common poetry styles that are easy to learn the mechanics of.
By Katrina Hull | Published 3/17/2009 | Read more »
This is Glub's only surviving sonnet. The others perished in the Irish Potato Glut.
By Thomas Lane | Published 2/12/2009 | Read more »
Describes my feelings about Shakespeare's Sonnet 141
By Joy Blue | Published 2/2/2009 | Read more »
This is a sonnet to a loved one
By Jacquelynn Heller | Published 1/13/2009 | Read more »
Tens of thousands were victims of violence launched by Robert Mugabe after he lost the presidential election on March 29.
By Mary Naylor | Published 1/17/2009 | Read more »
Written in 1819, the object of Keats' sonnet "Bright Star" is to be able to imbibe in himself the steadfastness and splendor of the distant North Star that hung alone and bright in the darkness of the night sky. .
By Bhaskar Banerjee | Published 12/30/2008 | Read more »
Reality is, I am Homeless still on this Sunday, May 18, 2008. I choked and spat out a swig of my two liter diet Pepsi. Because of a sonnet of an old wife's love of words she said she whispered into her husband's deaf ear.
By Freddie Versch | Published 5/21/2008 | Read more »
I wrote this for an AP English class assignment about my beloved boyfriend.
By Brittany Landers | Published 6/26/2006 | Read more »
Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 and Donne' the Flea, both seek to define marriage. Shakespeare's sonnet holds a "marriage of true minds" to high level of sanctity. While Donne compares marriage to a flea.
By Grant Fellows | Published 3/7/2007 | Read more »
Astrophil and Stella is one of the most influential sonnets of the Elizabethan Age. Many times dismissed as a typical Petrarchian sonnet sequence with familiar conventions of love and desire, Sidney however presents a new perspective of love.
By WS | Published 5/16/2006 | Read more »
Through many different avenues, Shakespeare communicates his thoughts and ideas through metaphors. His use of iambic pentameter, Sonnet pattern, and metaphors is what makes his Sonnets unique as well as comparable to essays.
By amy Curran | Published 12/7/2005 | Read more »
Depression is an illness with roots in either/or biogentic vulnerabilities and life experience. Either way, it is hard but is possible to heal. Hope springs eternal.
By David A. Reinstein, LCSW | Published 4/22/2008 | Read more »
A young girl's descent into drugs and alcohol leaves her lost and confused.
By Mackenzie Clark | Published 9/26/2005 | Read more »
As I lie there in the sand,
Cold grains under my feet, I think back
to another time.
By Genevieve Dowd Corwin | Published 3/2/2007 | Read more »
The Martini has been called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet" and "the elixir of quietude." It's not really sure how or when the Martini originated....
By Walt Crocker | Published 1/26/2006 | Read more »
Shakespeare's sonnet 116 is one of his most popular. Perhaps because it contains all the elements necessary for a perfect sonnet.
By Timothy Sexton | Published 3/20/2007 | Read more »
Some things change and some things don't. The specifics of warfare may change in their technologies, but not in their ultimate realities.
By David A. Reinstein, LCSW | Published 2/27/2008 | Read more »
In Donne's Holy Sonnet 14, I found some rather interesting things, especially when I consider how they relate to and are different from Herbert's Love (3), another poem.
By Zak Grimm | Published 2/14/2008 | Read more »
Felix Randal is a sonnet about a farrier, a blacksmith from Hopkins' parish. It reflects on the farrier Felix Randal's dying, his last illness, the priest's compassion for him and on his former strength.
By Bhaskar Banerjee | Published 10/8/2007 | Read more »
Charlotte Smith is a romantic sonnet writer, who is also a feminist.
By Julie Moore | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
"She is not a deadly thing that will run..."
By Todd Nelsen | Published 5/13/2007 | Read more »
Adults can forget that the books that gave us pleasure in childhood are worth revisiting later in life.
By David A. Reinstein, LCSW | Published 7/16/2007 | Read more »
In the poem "Pied Beauty," Hopkins reflects on the changes of the Industrial Revolution, showing that although the focus has shifted from nature to industry, God is the creator of everything and should be praised for the beautiful variety of it all.
By Nicole Mohr | Published 10/6/2006 | Read more »
The audience of a documentary film expects some measure of truth. But what if the notion of truth is blurred? How far can we bend the idea of "truth" before a film can no longer be considered documentary? Our discussion will consider two well-known films.
By Trent Sandusky | Published 10/11/2006 | Read more »
A short list of sites poets might enjoy browsing through.
By Christine Senter | Published 10/16/2006 | Read more »
A brief analysis of Seamus Heany's poem sequence.
By Song Ren | Published 10/1/2006 | Read more »
The Loves of Great Poets or The Lives of Great Men. Using poetry and social norms to understand comparison and to understand praise
By Carole McDonnell | Published 10/18/2006 | Read more »
Introduction to wind-up/dynamo radios and tips on how to choose a model to purchase.
By Z. Perry | Published 8/24/2006 | Read more »
I have researched and reviewed the top three gifts that would be amazing for any actor!
By Jonathan McLelland | Published 10/24/2006 | Read more »
Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt" is a masterpiece of subtle and indirect address. Couched within the translation of Petrarch lies a world of raw emotion and brutal political maneuvering.
By Gwen Wark | Published 8/24/2006 | Read more »
A brief look back with good tastes in music as we discuss the influences of Rap/Hip-Hop throughout urban communities.
By WriterzBlock | Published 8/30/2006 | Read more »
The villanelle has proved an interesting challenge to many poets. Comprising nineteen lines and two rhymes, these poems are brief; but getting them just right is the trick.
By Jolie O'Dell | Published 9/7/2006 | Read more »
With over a dozen albums released in the past ten years, Bright Eyes is an extremely prolific artist, which adds to his status as a critic's darling and pop wunderkind. This top ten countdown will guide you through the artist's sizeable canon.
By Wanda Leibowitz | Published 9/25/2006 | Read more »
Shakespeare was a man of many words and many contradictions. Upon reviewing some of the 250 sonnets he wrote in his lifetime, there are many themes that he addresses. There are two pieces in particular that focus on two combating attitudes on the subject of love.
By SoleilJaune | Published 1/18/2007 | Read more »
These five paragraphs eloquently explain why five-paragraph essays distinctively suck.
By Wade Matthew | Published 1/20/2007 | Read more »
Hey guys, it seems that some of you do not take the time, or even exert the effort to let your lady know that you care. It's time to recognize, appreciate and praise your girl! Here are six things you can do to let her know that you mad about her!
By Gia | Published 8/23/2006 | Read more »
At one time, not all that long ago, in the scope of history that is, for a woman to have aspirations of being an author was not considered proper.
By Darlene Zagata | Published 1/23/2007 | Read more »
The Sestina is one of the hardest, most elusive poetic forms. Here are some thoughts on making it simpler along with a classic example.
By The Unemployed Writer | Published 1/29/2007 | Read more »
A in-depth look at one of poetry's most rarest forms.
By Matthew L. Cole, M.A. | Published 1/17/2007 | Read more »
These are some of the best writen episodes that dealt with an actor leaving a series
By Angela Tircuit | Published 1/13/2007 | Read more »
An essay about Philip Sidney's "Astrophet and Stella"
By Christine Stoddard | Published 12/7/2006 | Read more »
A limited budget doesn't have to put a damper on romance- after all, the best things in life and love ARE free!
By Barb Webb | Published 12/13/2006 | Read more »
Asking college students about poetry, I got used to hearing the words "confusing" and "elitist" used to describe the oft-misunderstood art that should be known for the beauty and images it evokes.
By Josh Ebert | Published 12/27/2006 | Read more »
TS Elliot theorized that poetry changed post Milton so that thought and feeling became disassociated, as opposed to earlier writers, who thought the two were one and the same.
By Dawn Lee | Published 1/19/2007 | Read more »
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