Sonnet

Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in 1609, by the London printer Thomas Thorpe. Sonnets 138 and 144 had appeared earlier, in the 1599 anthology The Passionate Pilgrim.

The fashion for sonnets lasted from about 1580 until the very early 1600's - and for those twenty years sonnets were as cool and hip as rap is today. So by publishing in 1609, Shakespeare's sonnets had missed the boom years.

But there are many references to sonnets written by Shakespeare much earlier than this (and we can see from the subject matter of many of the sonnets that they must have been written long before they were published). So it looks like Shakespeare's sonnets were originally passed round by hand, and only published as an afterthought (after Shakespeare had already become the most famous living playwright).

A haiku is a form of poetry that is not a sonnet. It consists of three lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5.

Most of the 'Fair Youth' sonnets (approximately 1 - 126) are addressed to an unmarried young man. Their usual argument is: 'you are so beautiful that you need to get married, and raise children; beautiful people who never marry leave nothing of their beauty behind on earth after they die'.

But sonnet 18 breaks this pattern, since it says that the Fair Youth's beauty will live on long after his death in Shakespeare's poem.

Since Shakespeare's poem is referencing the far distant future (long after both the Fair Youth and Shakespeare have died) - it is inevitable that the poem will talk about future time (this isn't really foreshadowing, the poem is directly referencing a future state beyond itself).

But as usual, Shakespeare is messing with us. Sonnet 18 talks about beauty, and preserves the beauty it talks about for all time (or at least, for well over 400 years). But we don't know who the Fair Youth is. So the poem is being less than honest with us.

Longfellow points out that a dead poet who is still read - is effectively alive (because people still read his poems); but a living poet no-one reads, might as well be dead (nobody notices him).

Longfellow then wonders if poetry is worthwhile.

The poem concludes by deciding that poetry is worthwhile: because the important thing about poetry is to write it, it doesn't finally matter whether anybody reads it or not (the poet already had the benefit of writing the stuff).

The notion that the point of poetry is the fun of writing it (who cares whether it is fit to be read or not?) is shared by all truly atrocious poets.

An English sonnet almost always has 14 lines; and is usually in Iambic Pentameter.

Shorter sonnets exist (G M Hopkins' Curtal Sonnets - including Pied Beauty - are among the best known) - but they are very rare. Sonnets longer than fourteen lines are even rarer.

A traditional English sonnet consists of 14 lines.

The form of a sonnet, with its strict structure and rhyme scheme, can contribute to the development and exploration of the theme. The limited number of lines forces the poet to be concise and precise in their expression, allowing for a focused exploration of the theme within a controlled framework. Additionally, the volta or thematic shift in the sonnet's structure can emphasize the contrast or resolution related to the theme.

Sir Philip Sidney died during the Battle of Zutphen, in the Netherlands (then under Spanish control). He died on October 17th, 1586, at the age of 31.

Sidney seems to have died of wounds in Arnhem.

No, "The Lamb" by William Blake is not a sonnet. It is a lyric poem consisting of 10 couplets, totaling 20 lines in total. Sonnets typically have 14 lines and follow a specific rhyme scheme.

Sonnets always have 14 lines. The difference is in their format. The Shakespearean(or Elizabethean) sonnet has 3 quatrains which means 3 'blocks' of 4 lines and at the end it has 2 lines (a duet). A suggested rhyme scheme could be ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. ABAB is one quatrain.

The Italian sonnet on the other hand consists of an octet followed by a sestet. An octet is a ''block'' of 8 lines and a sestet is a ''block'' of six lines.

Notice that in a sonnet these 'blocks' don't have a line being skipped between them, they are just the way in which they are grouped.

The final couplet in Sonnet 73 reveals the speaker's hope that despite the ravages of time on his body, his love for the recipient of the sonnet will endure beyond death in the memory of the recipient. It emphasizes the idea that love can transcend physical decay and live on through the remembrance of those who loved deeply.

There are two main types of sonnets: Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnets and Shakespearean (or English) sonnets. Petrarchan sonnets consist of an octave followed by a sestet, while Shakespearean sonnets consist of three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet.

Italian poet Petrarch wrote sonnets to Laura in his collection "Canzoniere." These sonnets explore his unrequited love for a woman named Laura and are considered a classic example of love poetry.

Italian Madrigal is sensuous and serious. English Madrigal is Jolly and not serious. Italians use Word painting and exaggerated expression. English like counterpoint and musical features, songfulness and clashing chromatic forms. Italian Madrigal tends to be more complex and homophonic.

An Italian sonnet is made of 14 lines: two tercets (three lines each) and two quartains (4 lines each)

The main idea expressed in the last couplet of Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare is that even though old age, death, and the passing of time are inevitable, love can transcend these temporal limitations and continue to grow stronger. The speaker emphasizes that love's endurance makes it all the more valuable.

The metaphors are all suggestive of an imminent ending (nb: the first metaphor is more aptly rendered as "winter", not autumn) - of the year, of the day and of a fire. The theme of the poem is an imminent ending - that of a relationship.

Sonnet 28, written by William Shakespeare, is typically referred to by its first line "How can I then return in happy plight."

No, Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare is not an elegy. It is a Shakespearean sonnet that talks about the enduring nature of true love. Elegies are poems that lament the loss of someone or something.

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"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

In a sonnet, the couplet is located at the end of the poem. It consists of two rhyming lines that often summarize the main theme or offer a surprising twist on the preceding lines of the sonnet.

it contributes us a main part of idea and delivers it more meaning to the make it believeable --- The structure of a traditional Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet, is one of problem and resolution, often a question and answer. This concept was later adopted into English sonnet-writing and can be found in some of of the works of Shakespeare ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") and Dickinson ("How do I love thee?") for instance. However, it is by no mean an absolute rule ("Quand vous serez bien vielle" by Ronsard, and "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" - again Shakespeare's).

A sonnet typically consists of 14 lines.

A sonnet typically contains 14 lines. There are different types of sonnets, such as Shakespearean or Petrarchan, each with their own rhyme scheme and structure.