Sonnet Forms
Sonnets are poems that are fourteen lines long and that follow certain rules regarding rhyming. The two basic sonnet forms are the Italian or Petrarchan form and the English or Shakespearean form.
LINNCWeb online catalog – Search Terms
· literary terms (Keywords)
· sonnet (Keyword)
Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves
· PN41
· PN701
· PR1195
· PR2848
Circulating Books – A Selected List
· Feldman, Paula R. (Ed.). A Century of Sonnets. 1999.
Call Number: PR1195 .S5 C46 1999 (See pgs. 3-19.)
· Gaskell, Philip. Landmarks in European Literature. 1999.
Call Number: PN701 .G37 1999 ( See pgs. 15-18.)
· Swisher, Clarice (Ed.).
Call Number: PR2848 .R38 1997 (See pgs. 36-38.)
· Vendler, Helen. The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets. 1999.
Call Number: PR2848 .V46 1999
Reference Materials
· Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia (4th Ed.). - Call Number: REF PN41 .B4 1996
o Pgs. 964-966
· Concise
o Pgs. 207-208
· Dictionary of Literary Terms (4th Ed.). - Call Number: REF PN41 .C83 1998
o Pgs. 661-662, 813-814, 843-848
· Glossary of Literary Terms (8th Ed.). – Call Number: REF PN41 .A184 2005
o Pgs. 299-300
· Handbook to Literature (8th Ed.). – Call Number: REF PN41 .H355 2000
o Pgs. 488-489
Research Databases
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