Petrarch

Cesario Challenges Orsino’s and Olivia’s Petrarchan Notions of Love in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Shakespeare's 1623 comedic play Twelfth Night complicates sex and social roles, in order to explore further those sexual and social…

4 days ago

How to Write a Sestina

A sestina is a form of poetry, much like a haiku or sonnet, which has its own set of rules.…

3 weeks ago

Turning William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 127 Into a Painting by Description

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 127 commences the beginning of the so-called Dark Lady cycle. While the description of physical attributes and…

1 month ago

21 Quotes on War and Peace

Why 21 Quotes? There are 21 quotes, for 21 days, the number of days it takes to create or break…

1 month ago

A Quick Introduction to Sonnets in English

The only thing that is almost always true about a sonnet is that it has 14 lines. The Medieval and…

1 month ago

Almost Everything You Could Possibly Need to Know for World History: 157 of the Most Common Terms and People

Many of you may have learned about these people or heard these terms back when you were still in middle…

1 month ago

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 126 Explained

Sonnet 126 by William Shakespeare is addressed to a male character as a warning of time's eventual victory over us…

2 months ago

Sestina: A “How To” Guide

Some challenges are fun to accept. Creating an original guide on how to write the poetry form sestina, including snippets…

2 months ago

Renaissance Venice: The City and Its Citizens 1400-`800

Basically, cities developed as a means of protection of its inhabitants. "In certain respects, the...town had succeeded as no previous…

2 months ago

Jonson’s Epitaph to Shakespeare

Much like his contemporaries, Ben Jonson utilized the iambic pentameter, though not in the traditional sonnet form. Within "To the…

2 months ago

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