Follow Along - Shakespearean Sonnet
This article has 3 sections.
Section I goes into syllables, stress and rhyme.
Section II takes an example from a movie, The Two Towers.
Section III goes into an unfinished stanza 1, and then on to my ideas for stanza 2.
I have included Section I for completeness, but these concepts are something you should be able to find online, easily.
In my opinion, this section will help you understand the Shakespearean Sonnet, the format of which is......also available online, easily. It's an old form.
I came up with an original exercise to help you ingrain those concepts.
Section II is my analysis of a line from the movie The Two Towers - meant to serve as inspiration for students, like us.
Following that line of thought, Section III is what you'll be mostly paying for.
In that sense, I'd only recommend this article to beginner poets who want to see me learn the craft.
It might be good for intermediate poets, but only to serve as a basis for their own self-study.
It's time to Shakespeare.
Public Resources
- I don't explain the format of a Shakespearean Sonnet, so having some awareness of the form is crucial. Link to Wikipedia, here.
- Tokien's quote.
