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 ...

This poem appears to have been the first attempt that Burns made at sonnet writing. The sonnet, popularised in English by Shakespeare, is a fourteen-line poem. The subject matter is the verse form ...

If so, I can’t help but wonder whether you’ve ventured into the realm of sonnet writing. The world of poetry is rich with ...

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 ...