Possessives

• Shakespeare: Hard lines for the poor adapter Shakespeare's sonnets are generally held to be the finest love poems in the English language.

Converse of object

• compose: I once composed a sonnet as I was climbing which expresses something of my feelings on that occasion.

• write: Michael came late to writing sonnets, which seem to pour out of him.

• read: This is a guide to reading the sonnets and an overview of critical and creative approaches to them.

• follow: Mary Stuart: The Poet Mary, Queen of Scots Home Page The following sonnet was written by Mary during her incarceration in Fotheringhay.

• include: It contained 101 skilfully wrought lyrics - including many sonnets.

• see: For Milton's poetical reaction to the reception of his divorce pamphlets, see sonnets 11 and 12.

Adjective modifier

• Petrarchan: A group of eight lines of poetry, especially the first eight lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.

• Shakespearian: Readers of this journal won't need me to tell them that it is, really, a spoof Shakespearian sonnet.

• Shakespearean: Sonnet 18 A Shakespearean sonnet devoted to describing the beauty of his love.

• English: Below is the example of an English sonnet, written by Shakespeare.

• first: First sonnet as the title says A sonnet from the firs.. .

• other: Quite the reverse is true and the other sonnets show why.

Modifies a noun

• sequence: His sonnet sequence - consisting of 154 separate poems - is arguably the finest collection of love poems in the English language.

• battery: Sonnet batteries let you love your iPod even longer!

• form: How well does the poet adapt the sonnet form here?

• cycle: The above poem is from H.P. Lovecraft's sonnet cycle, The Fungi From Yuggoth, which he completed on January 4, 1930.

Noun used with modifier

• love: Literally, if you download your very own love sonnet in advance.

• word: Poets for about the last 20-30 years in the UK have produced word sonnets and it has proved to be a very restricting form.