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Sonnet 19 Topics for Further Study

On the World Wide Web, go to http:// www.bluemountain.com/eng/shakespeare/index. html, a site which sends out e-greetings cards made up of Shakespeare's sonnets. Compare Sonnet 116, which the site selects, to Sonnet 18, another favorite sonnet. Which would be more suitable to send to a beloved friend as a greeting, and why? Would these sonnets be a better choice than Sonnet 19?

Describe some of the many ways that individuals and societies memorialize their loved ones and their heroes. Which ways are the most effective and long-lasting?

Is it easier or more difficult to express emotions and ideas in a 14-line sonnet, with its rigid structure, than in free verse? To find out, write a sonnet, and then express the same feelings and ideas in a poem written in free verse.

America is a society that tends to value youth and beauty at the expense of age. Do...
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