Poetry is the oldest and most varied art we have: if anyone tells you there is one correct method for composing a poem, ...

4. Sonnet 29: “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes.” (1609) The magic of Shakespeare was not just that he could write so nimbly; it was also that he could write in such a way that ...

In total, Shakespeare wrote a large number of sonnets so it is unsurprising that he made a few changes to the traditional structure and themes associated with this form. Instead of writing a ...

e. cummings. The chapters explore how we think of the sonnet as a 'lyric' and what is involved in actually trying to write one. The book includes a lively discussion between three distinguished ...

Decide you’re writing a sonnet, for instance, and you’re no longer looking at a blank page, but a hungry little box waiting to be filled with 14 rhymed lines. Suddenly, the end’s in sight.