sonnet

  1. H

    With the theme of 'love', how would you compare sonnet 128 with twelfth night

    character 'Malvolio'? Hey, I'm really stuck to think about anything to write! I would say that with the theme of love, Malvolio is a fairly self-loving character, but im struggling to come up with many points to write about, so has anyone got any ideas? Thanks
  2. H

    This hasty composition might be a sonnet; are you much keen on it?

    You, breath of silent sustenance exhaled And strange incantation: Poem, of my rite! What sentience fills my lips that parched and scaled Your true enigma binds them to unite? How you read me like a breviary On a shelf, my eyes though closed or gaping Mouthlike and unseeing on the airy Syllable...
  3. J

    placement of volta in a sonnet. 5th line = bad?

    hi! i've been writing poems in shakespearean form. i've never paid attention to the volta until recently. i read that the volta is usually placed in the 9th line, or even 13th/14th line. the question is, is it bad if i place the volta in the 5th line? i dont want to sound ranting by putting...
  4. N

    Is this a Sonnet poem with an iambic pentameter?

    Breaking the darkness, invoking thought pools; Frozen beneath the blue neon moon light, Which glistened beside the scattered crystals , Engulfed by a numb cooling mist of breath, Reverberating like rocks falling down, Pieces disassembled blown in the wind Clouds cry crimson tears into the...
  5. J

    What does shakespeare sonnet 71 conclusion mean?

    And what exactly is the whole thing about in general?
  6. D

    john donne sonnet 6 analysis?

    can someone give me a summary or analysis of this poem? thanks! This is my play's last scene ; here heavens appoint My pilgrimage's last mile ; and my race Idly, yet quickly run, hath this last pace ; My span's last inch, my minute's latest point ; And gluttonous Death will instantly unjoint My...
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