Nothing in nature moves us. ... A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem, the origins of which are attributed to the Italian poet Petrarch. In English, there are two types of sonnets, the Petrarchan and the Shakespearean, both containing fourteen lines. Wordsworth's poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, developed by the Italian poet Petrarch. A Petrarchan sonnet consists of an eight-line stanza called an octave and six-line stanza (sestet). ...

• Word Count: 975
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"Acquainted with the Night" is designated as a sonnet because it is a fourteen-line poem. ... Frost's sonnet differs from the traditional Shakespearean sonnet in rhyme scheme, formation of ideas, tone, and theme. ... Shakespeare depicts this tone with images of sunny summer days, heaven, gold, and nature as a whole. ... The rest of the sonnet is devoted to this comparison. ... Shakespeare and Frost express their own feelings through their sonnets. ...

• Word Count: 1091
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• Grade Level: High School

Rhyme scheme and stylized nature also play a role in McKay's highly reminiscent work. ... The rhyme scheme of the poem is a-b-a-b nearly throughout the entire second stanza, which is loosely styled as a sonnet. ... Recalling the roll of a sonnet and romantically styled, his poem calls up the greatly admired flow of poets he respected and whose works he had read. ...

• Word Count: 523
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Summary Angrily, the speaker accuses the modern age of having lost its connection to nature and to everything meaningful: "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" ... Because pagans created a colourful mythology out of their awe of Nature. On the whole, this sonnet offers an angry summation of the familiar Wordsworthian theme of communion with nature, and states precisely how far the early nineteenth century was from living out the Wordsworthian ideal (Sparknotes.com, 2003). ... Little we see...

• Word Count: 1150
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School