Hello, everyone. Well, we are at our end. 30 days of sonnets celebrating National Poetry Month brings us to my favorite sonnet that I've been using in my classrooms and citing in my writing for decades. I'm happy to end this journey by sharing William Wordsworth's "The World Is Too Much With Us." As I … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry In April: 30. The World Is Too Much With Us, William Wordsworth
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Celebrating Poetry In April: 27. O Solitude! by John Keats
Good afternoon, all. Today is April 27, and we are now in our final four of sonnets for National Poetry Month. Today's selection is a return to Keats, one of my favorite romantic poets. Like all the good romantics, it finds the beauty in nature and, in this poem, solitude. "O Solitude! If I Must … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry In April: 27. O Solitude! by John Keats
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Celebrating Poetry in April: 19: Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare
Good evening, and welcome to day 19 of celebrating National Poetry Month. Today is April 19, and in celebration of beginning Hamlet tomorrow with my seniors, I thought we'd read another Shakespeare sonnet. Sonnet 30, "When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought," by William Shakespeare. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry in April: 19: Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare
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Celebrating Poetry in April: 14. Renouncement by Alice Meynell
Good afternoon, all! Today's sonnet is by Alice Meynell, a British poet who lived from 1847-1922. This poem, "Renouncement," is in traditional Petrarchan form and captures the bridge between love and religion for Alice, as she recuperated from illness and pondered life in the Catholic Church. Without further ado... Renouncement, by Alice Meynell. Renouncement I … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry in April: 14. Renouncement by Alice Meynell
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Celebrating Poetry In April: 11. Lady Mary Wroth
Good evening, all: Tonight, I am reading a sonnet by the English poet Lady Mary Wroth of the Renaissance era. She was born in 1587 and died in 1653. This particular sonnet, "Forbear Dark Night, My Joys Now Bud Again," follows the Petrarchan form. as always...............rvw "Forbear dark night, my joys now bud again" … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry In April: 11. Lady Mary Wroth
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Celebrating Poetry in April: 10. John Donne’s Sonnet IV from the Divine Meditations
Good evening, all: Tonight's sonnet is from John Donne, an English poet (1572-1631) who was dubbed a "metaphysical poet" for his use of conceit, a rather disjointed, but extended analogy used in his poetry. This is Sonnet IV of his collection of 19 sonnets titled the Divine Meditations or Holy Sonnets. These were published posthumously, … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry in April: 10. John Donne’s Sonnet IV from the Divine Meditations
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Celebrating Poetry in April: 5. Sophie Jewett’s A Friendship
Today is day 5 of National Poetry Month, where I am sharing a reading of a sonnet each day with my students and my followers. Today's sonnet comes from Sophie Jewett (aka Ellen Burroughs), and American poet who lived in New York. Jewett published "A Friendship" in a collection of poems in 1896 titled, The … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry in April: 5. Sophie Jewett’s A Friendship
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Celebrating Poetry in April: 3. Sonnet II by John Barlas
Welcome to day 3 of National Poetry Month. Today, I have chosen to read John Barlas's Sonnet II, "Since I Have Known You I Have Little Heed," written in the late 19th century. It is a Petrarchan Sonnet with a CDECDE sextet. I must give a shout out to my old friend Eric Blomquist who … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry in April: 3. Sonnet II by John Barlas
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Celebrating Poetry in April: 2. Sonnet VII Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2 April 2020 Today's sonnet is from Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It's Sonnet VII from her collection Sonnets From The Portuguese, featuring 44 love poems written between 1845 and 1846. They were published in 1850. This is not one of the more popular sonnets from the collection; that acclaim goes to sonnet 43, which begins, famously, … Continue reading Celebrating Poetry in April: 2. Sonnet VII Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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