Poetry: How to Write a Sonnet

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 8:00 am on Aug 21, 2008

The sonnet is a poetic form that can be found in lyric poetry throughout Europe. The term “sonnet” derives from the Occitan word “sonet” and the Italian word “sonetto”, meaning “little song.” By the thirteenth century, the sonnet signified a poem of fourteen lines which follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure. One of [...]


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