Yesterday I lay down in grasses green, touching the footsteps of long ago todays, silent they left trace, a guide … More
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Time to look at the Spenserian Sonnet
Invented and thus named after the English poet Edmund Spenser. Edmund Spenser lived in the 16th century. The Spenserian sonnet … More
Francesco Petrarca and the Petrarchan Sonnet
Giacomo da Lentini is credited with creating the Italian sonnet. Later Guittone d’Arezzo tailored the sonnet to his own language … More
Sonnets…what are they and where did they come from?
The basic concept of a sonnet is simple. 1. It takes two related and yet at the same time contrasting … More
Chronicles of Illusions 