I actually didn’t know that mate. And futher, from that wiki stub I had no idea that there were variances of sonnets across languages! fascinating! I do very much like that Wilfred Owen sonnet – especially his context of his writing it. powerful stuff eh!

mate – have a great Christmas. I caught up with steve the other day and we thought that a dinner in the new year with a few of us, and you and pen might a nice idea!

cheers brother,
Mark.

I actually didn’t know that mate. And futher, from that wiki stub I had no idea that there were variances of sonnets across languages! fascinating! I do very much like that Wilfred Owen sonnet – especially his context of his writing it. powerful stuff eh!

mate – have a great Christmas. I caught up with steve the other day and we thought that a dinner in the new year with a few of us, and you and pen might a nice idea!

cheers brother,
Mark.

I don’t know if you realise but traditionally sonnets should only be poems of love. So when a poet writes in Sonnet form consider this in the meaning. I love how Wilfred Owen does it in Anthem for Doomed Youth – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_for_Doomed_Youth. This is an anti-war poem yet written in Sonnet form which traditionally is about love. Owen’s poem is pretty shocking when you consider this. But considering the structural meaning of the sonnet with Donne’s poem adds heaps, i reckon – it is really a poem about love for God!

I also like his ‘stolne stuffe’ and ‘Satan stolne’ – trying to get the sssss sound of the snake into references about the devil.

how good is poetry!

thanks for the post.

Nick Russell