Comments on: The Trouble with Sonnets http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/335-the-trouble-with-sonnets.html An American Poet in London Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/335-the-trouble-with-sonnets.html/comment-page-1#comment-975 Robert Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:52:02 +0000 http://www.robertpeake.com/?p=335#comment-975 Interesting, thanks Pearl. There are a lot of different kinds of "oblique" or "slant" rhymes that sound less contrived to our modern ear. Fun stuff. Interesting, thanks Pearl. There are a lot of different kinds of “oblique” or “slant” rhymes that sound less contrived to our modern ear. Fun stuff.

]]> By: Pearl http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/335-the-trouble-with-sonnets.html/comment-page-1#comment-974 Pearl Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:20:26 +0000 http://www.robertpeake.com/?p=335#comment-974 Another word on sonnets is the experiment that George Murray did with the form in "the rush to here" (nightwood editions) where instead of end rhyme, he placed a word chime in concept so streak "rhymes" with naked, or dear with love. Another word on sonnets is the experiment that George Murray did with the form in “the rush to here” (nightwood editions) where instead of end rhyme, he placed a word chime in concept so streak “rhymes” with naked, or dear with love.

]]> By: Robert http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/335-the-trouble-with-sonnets.html/comment-page-1#comment-969 Robert Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:50:23 +0000 http://www.robertpeake.com/?p=335#comment-969 Hey Paul, I'm saying it's tough to do contemporary sonnets in a convincing way - that is, without sounding anachronistic. Check back tomorrow for some thoughts on how contemporary poets have got it right. Cheers, Robert Hey Paul,

I’m saying it’s tough to do contemporary sonnets in a convincing way – that is, without sounding anachronistic. Check back tomorrow for some thoughts on how contemporary poets have got it right.

Cheers,
Robert

]]> By: Paul Yurt http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/335-the-trouble-with-sonnets.html/comment-page-1#comment-968 Paul Yurt Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:30:44 +0000 http://www.robertpeake.com/?p=335#comment-968 Robert, Help me here, not being in touch with poets or poetry or verse these days, and only getting it indirectly through your work. Are you telling us that you think Sonnet's, at least in this work, are less engaging than other forms of poetry? Or the sonnets lend to weak writing from strong writers, but there are other strong sonnets from other writers within the book? Robert, Help me here, not being in touch with poets or poetry or verse these days, and only getting it indirectly through your work.

Are you telling us that you think Sonnet’s, at least in this work, are less engaging than other forms of poetry? Or the sonnets lend to weak writing from strong writers, but there are other strong sonnets from other writers within the book?

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