Sonnet

The Sonnet, derived from the Italian word sonetto which means "a little sound or song." Traditionally the sonnet form of poetry is created with 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, has a fixed form, and employs one of many rhyme schemes. The original and most common form is the Italian sonnet. Also referred to as the Petrarchan, named after the Italian poet Petrarch who is considered one of its greatest practitioners. The Italian form has two stanzas. The first stanza is the octave, eight…

“The Eve of St. Agnes”by John Keats and “Sonnets from the Portuguese” by Emily Elizabeth Browning have a few differing ideas about love. “The Eve of St. Agnes” by Keats was written in the Romanticism period. In the Romanticism period love was very private. None of the love between Porphyro and Madeline was seen in public. Once the two officially were together they moved away to a mysterious elfin wood. Also in the Romanticism period there was rarely any respect for one’s partner. On at least two…

Daniel Bailey is most notably known for his first published collection of poems, “The Drunk Sonnets”, which was composed of 53 sonnets that Bailey wrote while completely intoxicated. In truth, it can’t be proven that he was actually plastered, but he was at least using his best “drunkface”. The Drunk Sonnets were a part of a small genre of poetry affectionately called Drunk Poetry, and all of the authors in this particular genre happened to be restricted to Daniel Bailey’s immediate friend…

for his idealistic war sonnets written during WWI. Brooke belonged to the literary group “Georgian Poets” and he was one of the most important .He had some problems in his emotional life in 1912 caused by sexual confusion and jealousy who resulted the end of his long relationship with Ka Cox(Katherine Laird Cox). During his emotional recuperation he wrote travel diaries for the Westminster Gazette. Brooke’s emotional life has inspired John Gillespie Magee. Jr. to write “Sonnet to Rupert Brooke”.…

The sonnet, Whoso List to Hunt, by Sir Thomas Wyatt, describes the act of chasing after unrequited love. This poem illustrates this chase through the narrator’s experience of chasing after a female deer. Specifically, the poet describes the narrator’s perspective in the first line “Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind.” This line creates the image of a man asking which people in the audience enjoys the chase for love. In addition to this question, the man reveals information to the select…

wallows in depression, dissatisfied with his artistry and alarmed that death, later described as “thundering from the heights,” will claim him before he can achieve his long-neglected goals (12). Tonally, Longfellow’s gloominess distinguishes his sonnet from “When I Have Fears,” which explores an unnerving fate but which concludes in an expression of solemn confidence. In his sestet, Longfellow merely replaces the octave’s melancholy with a sense of fearful exhaustion. “Half-way up the hill”…

thing can be noted, the raw realness of his works. This sonnet, at first glance, does not fit the general sonnet theme. Instead of happy or uplifting tale, we are given one meant to induce shock and fear. Frost’s life was anything but idyllic. Having lost his parents before his mid-life and only two of his children living to see him pass, he was given even more reason to question the universe’s true design. In one of his more famous sonnets, “Design”, Frost uses light and dark imagery in the…

Poetry Explication Essay: That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold This sonnet is alluding to the way time affects us all, and compares the seasons of the year to different periods of our lives. The overall impression the narrator or listener is left with is that of an ominous, almost fearful view on time passing far too rapidly. To support this the use of imagery, simile, repetition, and the first person point of view is significant. The use of assonance and rhyme is less obvious but there…

religious code, their controversial works were disguised, in which they employ multiple literary devices to either protect themselves from persecution or to protect the identities of those whom they are writing about. By employing the poetic form of sonnets, Wyatt, Sidney, and Shakespeare dramatize the sexual desire as they attempt to reveal the experience of sex—and to what extent it impacts love. To better understand Wyatt, Sidney, and Shakespeare, a brief historical context of England,…

writer of “Holy Sonnet 10” however was born in London on 1572 during a period of religious tumult. During this period many were killed for their religious believes. The speaker of the “Holy Sonnet 10” poem is a man filled with plenty of wit. He is filled with confidence that his Christian faith will ease his path to heaven rendering death meaningless. The speaker of “Do Not Go Gently That Good” is a man desperate to keep his father alive and breathing to stay alive. The…