Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Sonnets... *yawn*
I personally do not enjoy sonnets very much, nor any form of categorized structures for poetry, such as haiku and the like. I find that writing poems in one structure alone can be very limiting; the greatest poets use structure in their poems to emphasize certain themes and images, and though it is possible to do so with sonnets, it can get very repetitive and in the end lose it's effect. If we consider Shakespeare's sonnets 1 and 2 where the themes of masturbation, sex and the passing of beauty to offspring are evident, the repeated structure almost dampens the the theme of the second sonnet, and I imagine does the same with the next 15 procreation sonnets. I would think that reading over 150 of Shakespeare's poems, written with the same structure and same meter gets quite mind-numbing eventually. I do very much enjoy the rhyming couplets at the end of sonnets though. I find them a very light, effective and complete way to end the poem.
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Danny!First post i've read that mentions that sonnets aren't fun to read and are too limiting. I just love how you always express your thoughts (that are different from everyone elses). I must agree with you, sometimes they aren't that much fun to read,and a bit hard to understand. Also, the rhyming couplets do give a light affect and are a good/amusing way to end the poem! Peace:)
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