Sonnets IV: Keats Sonnet
It would be difficult for anyone who reads or writes poetry to have never come in contact with a sonnet of some kind. It is probably the most famous poetry form of all in its many variations. The classical poets who wrote sonnets often wrote them in a series that had a larger, more dramatic purpose. However, when writing a sonnet, you need to keep in mind, that each sonnet, even when created to complement others, should have a point and purpose alone.
The Keats sonnet is somewhat of a variation of the English Sonnet. I find this form intriguing because of the fact that it is not limited to only iambic meter. Other types of metrical feet like the Trochee, Spondee and Pyrrhic meters can be applied to the Keats Sonnet. Keats Sonnet is different in not only the rhyme scheme it employs, but in the structure of stanzas. This form, is unlike the Italian, English or Spenserian in that it has 4 tercets and one closing couplet. The rhyme scheme for the Keats Sonnet is abc, abd, cab, cde, de
Example of a Keats Sonnet:
Sonnet: On The Sonnet:
by John Keats
Poem lyrics of Sonnet: On The Sonnet by John Keats.
If by dull rhymes our English must be chain'd,
And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fetter'd, in spite of pained loveliness,
Let us find, if we must be constrain'd,
Sandals more interwoven and complete
To fit the naked foot of Poesy:
Let us inspect the Lyre, and weigh the stress
Of every chord, and see what may be gain'd
By ear industrious, and attention meet;
Misers of sound and syllable, no less
Than Midas of his coinage, let us be
Jealous of dead leaves in the bay wreath crown;
So, if we may not let the Muse be free,
She will be bound with garlands of her own
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