There have been numerous studies of the way the sonnet as a poetic form became increasingly fashionable in England through to its high point in the 1590s and very early 1600s. Petrarch's influence in England began to increase when a series of Tudor poets/courtiers, notably Sir Thomas Wyatt, and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, translated and imitated his sonnets. Petrarch's songs and sonnets to Laura were written in Italian in the fourteenth century, and they became popular throughout Europe and were much imitated. Wroth's songs, sonnets and lyrics have to be seen in the general context of Petrarchan imitation and the popularity of song and sonnet sequences in England in the 1590s and beyond.
She is a unique poetic voice, and as her writing has been studied more intensively in recent years, there has been a growing appreciation of her skill as a poet, so that Ben Jonson's compliment - 'Since I exscribe your sonnets am become/A better lover and much better Poet' - may now be seen as genuine, rather than just flattery of a patron. In recent years Mary Wroth has moved from comparative obscurity to something approaching a secure place in the canon of Renaissance poetry. In your final line there's no space between the period and the word "Death" which is a little bit jarring and distracts me from the piece.Īnyway, overall I really like this and I think if you worked on developing it and fine-tuning it, it could be really great! I also hope you enjoy the Dickinson.Mary Wroth's Poetry: An Electronic Edition Critical Introduction "Promise land"-> it's usually "promised land" but it is your poem and your choice how you choose to word it.ĭouble check your punctuation.
If you do not capitalize the first letter of each line and instead only capitalize the first letters of sentences, it can really help with flow. This can really break up the piece because it makes every single line feel like an entirely new idea. If you are going for a more historically referential piece, I think your capitalization scheme (capitalizing the first letter of each line) is good, but if not, one thing I am a big advocate of is NOT capitalizing the first letter of each line. Aesthetically, this is really pleasing and the form lends itself nicely to the function. I attached a link to the poem.Ī couple of notes on form-I really like your consistency with line lengths. I was actually wondering if you've read any Emily Dickinson? I'm taking a class on her now and this poem kind of reminded me of one of her poems that I read in class just yesterday. I really like this! It reminds me of a lot of Victorian death and mourning poetry.
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