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RATINGS: Sites are rated from 1 owl (good) to a high of 5 owls. Read more- Write a Sonnet
Here's an excellent resource for writing sonnets. First, check out the links to sonnets by William Shakespeare, Sir Philip Sidney, Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Donne and John Milton, at the University of Toronto. Next, read the definition of a sonnet, following its rules for composition. From Penn State University.
- Sonnet Central
A sonnet mega-site! You can read the sonnets of Edmund Spenser and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as well as Australian and American poets. Another cool thing: Sonnets penned by ordinary people like you are posted here. Feeling bold? Submit your own sonnet.
- Poems from Renascence and Other Poems, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sick of language like "thee" and "dost?" Sonnets appear in modern poetry as well. Consider these opening lines from Edna St. Vincent Millay's Sonnet V: "If I should learn, in some quite casual way, / That you were gone, not to return again- / Read from the back-page of a paper, say, / Held by a neighbor in a subway train ... " Read more here.
- Sonnet
This course is a great primer for writing sonnets. But if you want more information, come to this site at the University of Pennsylvania. This page gives the basics on sonnet writing, and also discusses anti-forms — a kind of homage to the sonnet that turns the form upside down for ironic effect.
- The Sonnet
Shall I compare this webpage to a summer day? Probably not. Nonetheless, this page is an excellent resource for students interested in the history of the sonnet. Learn about the difference between an Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnet and an English sonnet, the rhyme schemes and forms of both, and the subject to which most sonnets are dedicated. From Ball State University.
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
William Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets during his life, and you can read every one of them here. Wonderfully illustrated and containing helpful commentary to explain difficult sections, this website is off the charts in terms of helpfulness and easy access to information. Not to be missed.
Workshop: The Sonnet
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