S01E03: The Sonnet

For S01E03 of GorPod, we discuss the sonnet. This poetic form is centuries old, and has been the primary short-form for many of our greatest poets. Why does this form seem so persistent, even across so many languages and cultures? Why have so many poets chosen it for their short-form works? We read Sonnet 116 from the great master of the form in English, William Shakespeare, and look at its rhyme scheme and structure. We also read The Seed of Sorrow, another sonnet but with a markedly different rhyme scheme, and discuss briefly why one might choose one rhyme scheme over another. Our Goretti poem this episode, as mentioned, is The Seed of Sorrow; we talk about its form and meaning.