Web Directory

» About.com Poetry: Sonnets
   "classic collections, modern examples, definitions of the various sonnet forms, essays and exercises for sonneteers."
   http://poetry.about.com/msubsonn.htm

» An Italian Sonnet
   By James DeFord.
   http://www.lnstar.com/mall/james/italiansonnet.htm

» Brother and Sister
   An eleven sonnet sequence by George Eliot.
   http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2696.html

» Connections: Poetry: Forms: The Sonnet
   A three-page description of the form with examples by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare.
   http://www.math.grin.edu/~simpsone/Connections/Poetry/Forms/sonnet1.html

» Empire Arts Resource
   Sonnets by Michael J. Farrand.
   http://www.empirecontact.com/sonnets/

» Golden Age Sonnets
   Translations of Spanish sonnets (with original Spanish texts) by such poets as Luis de Gongora, Lope de Vega, and Miguel de Cervantes.
   http://sonnets.spanish.sbc.edu/

» John Donne - Holy Sonnets
   Nineteen sonnets on religious themes.
   http://theotherpages.org/poems/donne02.html

» Michael Peach’s Site for Lovers of the English Sonnet
   The poet's own English sonnets and a selection from his favorite classic poets.
   http://www.michaelpeach.org/

» Personality Quiz - What Poetry Form Am I?
   A sonnet that describes the "personality" of a sonnet. With html code for transferring the sonnet to your site and links to "personality quizzes" for other poetic forms.
   http://quiz.ravenblack.net/poeticform.pl?q=1&a=10

» Poetry Knowledge Zone: The Soulful Sonnet
   Explanation, history, and step-by-step writing instructions by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples.
   http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/pkz10.htm

» Shakespeare's Sonnets
   The complete sonnets with an analysis and translation into Modern English of selected poems.
   http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/

» Sonnet Central
   "An archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, audio, and relevant web links."
   http://www.sonnets.org/

» Sonnet Writers
   Past and present sonnets and commentary. New sonnets welcome.
   http://www.sonnetwriters.com

» Sonnets for Free
   A collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
   http://www.poemsforfree.com/sonnets.html

» Sonnets from the Portuguese
   Text of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets.
   http://theotherpages.org/poems/ebb01.html

» The Amazing Web Site of Shakespeare's Sonnets
   Shakespeare's sonnets with extensive, line-by-line commentary and illustrations from the 1609 Quarto. Includes also artwork, love poetry, and Valentine's Day poems.
   http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/Index.htm

» The Mediadrome - Words - Poetry: The Fixed Forms - Sonnets
   Description by John Stringer of the sonnet in its various forms, with examples of each type.
   http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/words_articles/right_word_3_sonnet.htm

» The Sonnet
   A brief description and definition of the sonnet form(s).
   http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sonnet.html

» The Sonnets to Orpheus
   55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Howard A. Landman.
   http://www.polyamory.org/~howard/Poetry/orpheus_index.html

» Toru Dutt: Sonnet
   Written in 1876 by an Indian woman raised in France. From Volume 2 of an anthology entitled, "Reading About the World."
   http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/dutt.html

» Writing a Sonnet - For Dummies
   Instructions on how to write a Shakespearean sonnet with an analysis of the form and content of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18.
   http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/writing-a-sonnet.html