Aristotle, too, disagreed with his master and held the view that a poet is not a mere imitator, but he recreates’ the world with creative imagination. He believed that a poet can create a better and more beautiful world by shaping and improving the world of facts in his opinion, a poet is “a diviner, foreseer, or prophet”. He almost echoes Aristotle when he writes: “ Her (Nature’s) world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden“. In his Apology for Poetry Sidney dwells upon the creative power of imagination which can improve upon the real world of facts. The English or Shakespearean sonnet came later, and it is made of three quatrains rhyming abab cdcd efef and a closing rhymed heroic couplet. Frustrated as the lover is, he appeals to his beloved to read his verses as a lover’s torments perhaps then she might show some pity. The original form is the Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, in which the 14 lines are arranged in an octet (8 lines) rhyming abba abba and a sestet (6 lines) rhyming either cdecde or cdcdcd. What a sorry state of a human affair–imagined misery and woe can bring pity and draw tears whereas a real tragedy draws no such sympathy the torments of lovers in real life are looked upon with doubts and the beloved is not at all moved to either sympathy or pity. The three main types are the Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnet, the English (or Shakespearean) sonnet, and the Spenserian sonnet.

What the poet means is that a work of fiction containing the tale of a lover’s distress, woe and tears can easily induce her to show sympathy and pity whereas, the real case draws no words of sympathy. A Sonnet is a Poem that has 14 lines and follows a specific rhyme scheme. In spite of the fact that she sees his face full of torment, she fails or is unable to understand his agony and anguish, the real cause of which she knows.īut the beloved shows sympathy when she reads any tale of a lover’s torments and shows pity. This practice is especially common in the Petrarchan sonnet, where the idealised beloved is often described part. The face is ‘beclouded by storms’ the poet uses the conventional Petrarchan image by comparing his distressed face to the sky covered with clouds. They also produced Petrarchan sonnet cycles. The opening line itself shows the distress which his face shows. More Serious 'Translator' 'No Still Voice and Small' 'Proposal' 'Oregon Fog' (eg. This sonnet is an appeal to his beloved Stella to return his love (show some grace) and take pity on his tortured and tormented mind and heart.

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