#the sonnet

[edog99]

these poems slay . i read 3 of them

[a-timely-problem]

The sonnet

Well, first of all it is a type of poem, which has its own rules. If we go the traditional route, it's composed of 14 lines in a iambic pentameter (no tone/tone), (6 repetitions). Its contents are usually focused on love and how people experience it (...wish I could relate). Each line has ten syllables and only every other one is stressed (just like I am). One of the most famous sonnets, is Shakespeares sonett 18, which starts via the line: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day"

[pcybobohu]

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[beardbriarandrose]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Anima- The Sonnet, 1880, pen and ink

[ritasv]

'The Sonnet' by William Mulready

[ggbabe1006]

If I could write the beauty of your eyes, And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say 'This poet lies; Such heavenly touches ne'er touched earthly faces.'

Shakespeare's Sonnet XVII

[publicatiosui]

A Sonnet is a moment's monument,-- Memorial from the Soul's eternity To one dead deathless hour. Look that it be, Whether for lustral rite or dire portent, Of its own intricate fulness reverent: Carve it in ivory or in ebony, As Day or Night prevail; and let Time see Its flowering crest impearled and orient. A Sonnet is a coin: its face reveals The soul,--its converse, to what Power 'tis due:-- Whether for tribute to the august appeals Of Life, or dower in Love's high retinue It serve; or, 'mid the dark wharf's cavernous breath, In Charon's palm it pay the toll to Death.

D.G. Rossetti, "The Sonnet."