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	Sonnet - LoveToKnow 1911
		The sonnet in the literature of modern Europe is a brief poetic form of fourteen rhymed verses, ranged according to prescription.
		It would seem that the very fact that the sonnet is a recognized structure suggestive of mere art - suggestive in some measure, indeed, of what Schiller would call "sport" in art - has drawn some of the most passionate poets in the world to the sonnet as the medium of their sincerest utterances.
		That the sonnet was invented, not in Provence, as French critics pretend, but in Italy in the 13th century, is pretty clear, but by whom is still perhaps an open question.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sonnet (729 words)

	Poetry Form - The Sonnet.
		Initially, the Sonnet appeared in the early thirteenth century at the Sicilian court of Frederick II (King of Sicily (1197-1250) and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1197-1250)).
		Crown of Sonnets: A sequence of 7 to 14 Sonnets.
		Terza Rima Sonnet: A sonnet in terza rima (aba bcb cdc ded ee).
	www.baymoon.com /~ariadne/form/sonnet.htm (3041 words)

	Shakespeare's Sonnets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The sonnet is composed with a formal rhyme scheme, denoting different thoughts, moods, or emotions, sometimes summed up in the last lines of the poem.
		The remaining 27 sonnets are written mainly to a woman, popularly known as "The Dark Lady." Many students of Shakespeare's work believe that he had a love affair with this woman.
		In sonnet 78, the first few lines reflect on the theme of his writings, and the last two lines bring the sonnet to a conclusion.
	www.springfield.k12.il.us /schools/springfield/eliz/Sonnets.html (996 words)

	Sonnet Glossary
		Most sonnets are in iambic pentameter, though Shakespeare's Sonnet 145 and a few sonnets by Thomas Hardy are in tetrameter (four iambs per line), and some of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets (see Loving in truth...") use hexameter (six iambs).
		Because this is a page of English language sonnets and because most of the Wyatt and Surrey sonnets here are translations of Petrarch, I have not included any of Petrarch's poems separately, but you will find several of his Italian sonnets with English translations alongside at the University of California.
		Sonnet with the interlocking rhyme scheme used by Edmund Spenser as follows: abab,bcbc,cdcd,ee.
	www.sonnets.org /glossary.htm (384 words)

	Sonnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the sonnets of Giacomo da Lentini, the octave rhymed a-b-a-b, a-b-a-b; later, the a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a pattern became the standard for Italian Sonnets.
		His sonnets and those of his contemporary the Earl of Surrey were chiefly translations from the Italian of Petrarch and the French of Ronsard and others.
		Sonnets were written throughout the 19th century, but, apart from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese and the sonnets of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, there were few very successful traditional sonnets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shakespearean_sonnet (1608 words)

	Sonnets Summary & Essays - William Shakespeare
		Sonnets 1-126 focus on a young man and the speaker's friendship with him, and Sonnets 127-52 focus on the speaker's relationship with a woman.
		Nevertheless, there has been endless speculation about what these sonnets may tell us about their creator, and researchers have attempted to identify the persons who were the original or historical models for the persons the speaker refers to and addresses.
		Contradictions and uncertainties are implicit in Shakespeare's sonnets.
	www.enotes.com /sonnets (1246 words)

	The Sonnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully patterned rhyme scheme.
		The English or Shakespearean sonnet, developed first by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), consists of three quatrains and a couplet--that is, it rhymes abab cdcd efef gg.
		In addition, many Shakespearean sonnets seem to have a turn at line nine and another at the final couplet; and if a couplet closes an Italian sonnet, it is usually because the poet wanted the epigrammatic effec t more characterstic of the Shakespearean form.
	www.utm.edu /departments/english/everett/sonnet.htm (574 words)

	Shakespearean Sonnet
		The meter of Shakespeare's sonnets is iambic pentameter (except in Sonnet 145).
		Sonnet 20 makes quite clear the difference between the platonic love of a man for a man, more often expressed in the sixteenth century than the twentieth, and any kind of homosexual attachment" (1746).
		His expressions of affection in the sonnets were well within the bounds of propriety in a day when males could freely voice their love for one another with terms of endearment.
	www.cummingsstudyguides.net /xSonnets.html (3308 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Discovering Traditional Sonnet Forms
		Explain that the poem is, in fact, a kind of sonnet, and that during the remainder of the class, students will explore other sonnets in order to determine what makes a sonnet a sonnet.
		Once you’re sure that students understand the activity, give them the rest of the session to work on their own sonnets, imitating “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.” Remind students that in addition to matching the rhythm of the original poem, their work should also match the rhyme scheme.
		For formal assessment, use the Shakespearean Sonnet Checklist which is tied to the key characteristics of the form.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=830 (2418 words)

	Lessson Plan: Writing a Shakespearean Sonnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Discuss the meanings of each quatrain, and the couplet of Sonnet 29(the main idea of the sonnet is that in periods of despair and sorrow the thoughts of those you love are a source of strength and sustenance).
		A sonnet has 14 lines, and the lines are always iambic pentameter, that is,they consist normally of ten syllables with every second syllable accented.
		The rhyme scheme for an English sonnet is abab, cdcd, efef, and gg.
	www.schoollink.org /csd/pages/engl/sonnet.html (568 words)

	Shakespeare's Sonnets
		The long neglect of the sonnets seems to have been caused by their portrayal of homosexual love and heterosexual lust, their sometimes bitter tone and dark imagery, and by their thoroughgoing repudiation of many sonnet conventions — the same qualities that brought Shakespeare admirers during the Romantic literary movement of the early 19th century.
		Where traditionally the sonnet beloved was a chaste, haughty and fair complexioned goddess, Shakespeare's poet is bound to a charming but depraved nobleman and a promiscuously tormenting "dark lady." The desires that the poet can satisfy in his commerce with the woman only sicken and degrade him.
		It's important to keep in mind that most of the sonnets are not explicit as to whether the beloved is a "fair youth" or a "dark lady" (as confirmed by the easy quotation of "fair youth" poems in a heterosexual context).
	www.handprint.com /SC/SHK/sonnets.html (4436 words)

	Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Poetic Form: Sonnet
		Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization.
		One reason was to reduce the often excessive final couplet of the Shakespearean sonnet, putting less pressure on it to resolve the foregoing argument, observation, or question.
		The sonnet redoublé is formed of 15 sonnets, the first 14 forming a perfect corona, followed by the final sonnet, which is comprised of the 14 linking lines in order.
	www.poets.org /viewmedia.php/prmMID/5791 (1043 words)

	Write a Sonnet
		In the English or Shakespearean sonnet, instead of the octave and sestet, four divisions are used: three quatrains (each with a rhyme-scheme of its own, usually rhyming alternative lines) and a rhymed concluding couplet.
		The typical rhyme-scheme for the English sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg.
		Gradually the Italian sonnet pattern was changed, and since Shakespeare attained fame for the greatest poems of this modified type, his name has often been given to the English form.
	www2.yk.psu.edu /~jmj3/cre_sonn.htm (655 words)

	Sonnets Do any of the sonnets depart from the standard Shakespearean sonnet form?
		There are at least two major deviations from standard Shakespearean sonnet form among the 154 pieces now grouped under the heading of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
		Sonnet 126, the last in the "young man" cycle, has only twelve lines instead of the conventional fourteen.
		Sonnet 145 is composed in tetrameter, rather than the conventional pentameter.
	www.enotes.com /sonnets/442 (424 words)

	SparkNotes: Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Sonnet Form
		In Elizabethan England--the era during which Shakespeare's sonnets were written--the sonnet was the form of choice for lyric poets, particularly lyric poets seeking to engage with traditional themes of love and romance.
		The Shakespearean sonnet is often used to develop a sequence of metaphors or ideas, one in each quatrain, while the couplet offers either a summary or a new take on the preceding images or ideas.
		Many of his sonnets in the sequence, for instance, impose the thematic pattern of a Petrarchan sonnet onto the formal pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet, so that while there are still three quatrains and a couplet, the first two quatrains might ask a single question, which the third quatrain and the couplet will answer.
	www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/shakesonnets/section1.html (687 words)

	Poetry Previews: Sonnet
		The two most well-known types of sonnets are the Petrarchan Sonnet (also known as the Italian Sonnet), which was deftly executed by Petrarch in the 14th century, and the Shakespearean Sonnet (also known as the English Sonnet), which was crafted and refined by its namesake, William Shakespeare.
		The Petrarchan Sonnet consists of 14-lines that are divided into two parts, the first consisting of eight lines (octave) with the rhyme scheme: abbaabba, and the second part consisting of six lines (sestet) with the rhyme scheme: cdecde (though there are variations, including: cdcdcd).
		The Shakespearean Sonnet consists of 14-lines that are divided into three four-line sections (each called a quatrain), and a concluding section of just two lines: a rhyming or closed couplet.
	www.poetrypreviews.com /poets/sonnet.html (234 words)

	sonnet
		Critics of the sonnet have recognized varying classifications, but to all essential purposes two types only need be discussed ff the student will understand that each of these two, in turn, has undergone various modifications by experimenters.
		The two characteristic sonnet types are the Italian (Petrarchan) and the English (Shakespearean).
		The English (Shakespearean) sonnet, on the other hand, is so different from the Italian (though it grew from that form) as to permit of a separate classification.
	www.writing.upenn.edu /~afilreis/88/sonnet.html (665 words)

	How to Write a Sonnet - eHow.com
		The sonnet, a 14-line poem, has two main types: English (or Shakespearean) and Italian (or Petrarchan).
		STEP 4: Write the three quatrains with an a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f rhyme scheme, where each letter stands for a line of the sonnet and the last words of all lines with the same letter rhyme with each other.
		In the Italian sonnet, use an a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a rhyme scheme for the first section (called the 'octave'), and a rhyme scheme of c-d-e-c-d-e or c-d-c-d-c-d in the second section (called the 'sestet').
	www.ehow.com /how_3335_write-sonnet.html (486 words)

	Dummies::Writing a Sonnet
		You'll notice this type of sonnet consists of three quatrains (that is, four consecutive lines of verse that make up a stanza or division of lines in a poem) and one couplet (two consecutive rhyming lines of verse).
		See how tightly this sonnet is written, how complex yet well organized it is? Try writing a sonnet of your own.
		Poets are attracted by the grace, concentration, and, yes, the sheer difficulty of sonnets.
	www.dummies.com /WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-1748.html (664 words)

	Gale Schools - Lesson Plans - Secondary: English - Complexities of the Sonnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This lesson should be taught after the students have been exposed to various forms of sonnets.
		Once the students are comfortable explicating Shakespearean sonnets have them choose a Shakespearean sonnet from LitFinder to explicate on their own.
		They will develop the skills to explicate Shakespearean sonnets and be less apprehensive reading Shakespeare in the future.
	www.galeschools.com /lesson_plans/secondary/english/sonnet.htm (620 words)

	e-Course: The Shakespearean Sonnet and the Modern Voice
		Drawing on Professor Linklater's experience as a student, teacher, actor and director, "The Shakespearean Sonnet and the Modern Voice" details her innovative approach to "speaking" Shakespeare.
		In two of the "Exercises" you are asked to "record" your own rendering of two Shakespearean texts--a passage from Henry V and a sonnet from our "Sonnet Archive." These visits to the "Sonnet Recital Room" will prove to be enjoyable and educational.
		"The Shakespearean Sonnet and the Modern Voice" is completely self-contained: there are no additional required materials.
	ccnmtl.columbia.edu /projects/ecourse/sonnet.html (614 words)

	An Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnets and Sonnet Paraphrase in Modern English
		Here you will find the text of each Shakespeare sonnet, in addition to an analysis of the sonnet and a translation of the sonnet into contemporary English.
		This page is not quite finished, so there are sonnets that do not yet have a translation or analysis.
		Currently, the sonnets that do have a translation and (or) analysis are: 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 33, 35, 39, 44, 46, 47, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 65, 71, 73, 75, 80, 99, 104, 109, 116, 130, 138, 139, 140 - 145, and 147.
	www.shakespeare-online.com /sonnets (1235 words)

	William Shakespeare - Poetic Examples from BOB'S BYWAY
		The 154 sonnets Shakespeare wrote exemplify his talent for compressed writing and depth of thought.
		Generally thought to be (at least to some degree) autobiographical, many are in the nature of apostrophic generalities; a large number are addressed to a man, others to a "dark lady." The identity of these persons addressed has generated considerable conjecture and a torrent of controversy.
		For another example of a Shakespearean sonnet, see Drayton's Since There's No Help.
	www.poeticbyway.com /xshakesp.htm (401 words)

	Definition of Shakespearean - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
		2 : evocative of a theme, setting, or event from a work of Shakespeare pageantry>
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