Sonnets Quotes

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. It started for me lyrically in Shakespeare's sonnets.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose.