Sonnets
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The sonnet seems to be the epitome of the lover's message. It is a type of poetic form that was extremely popular in Elizabethan and Victorian England. The sonnet form was invented by Giacomo da Lentino in the mid-13th century. This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Shakespeare's Sonnet #18, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day; Edmund Spencer's Sonnet # 75, One day I wrote her name upon the strand; and John Donne's Sonnet #10, Death be not proud, though some have called thee. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTsonnet.wps

A Comparison of Shakespeare and Keats
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This 5 page paper supports the thesis that Keats had attempted to use Shakespeare's techniques but could not master them. Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" and Keats' s "On first looking into Chapman's Homer" are used as examples. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA011Son.rtf

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130
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A 7 page paper (6 pp. + 1 pg. outline) which examines the structure of William Shakespeare's sonnet 130, to demonstrate how it deviates from the conventional sonnet form established by Petrarch. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGws130.wps