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Mar 25, 2008
9:23pm
“
[The sonnet is] a small vessel capable of plundering tremendous depth
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- How It Gives Life to Thee - WSJ.com Book review of The Making of a Sonnet, Edited by Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland. Excerpt: Despite T.S. Eliot’s doubts that the traditional sonnet could figure importantly in modern poetry, it thrives to this day. The English variety, introduced in the 16th century and perfected by Shakespeare, is as old as modern English itself, while its southern Italian ancestor (the sonetto, or “little song”) dates from around 1235. The sonnet’s continued importance, even in a time of unrhymed free verse, can be chalked up to its seemingly Darwinian ability to adapt to different ages while still keeping its essential jewel-box appeal. Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland’s “The Making of a Sonnet” documents the sonnet’s long life, from its earliest years to the present.
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