http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/sonnet Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:25:54 -0400 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:25:54 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/325/comparison-of-petrarchs-sonnet-292-of-the-canzoniere-and-shakespeares-sonnet-130 By Steven A. Carbone II - Petrarch and Shakespeare are two poets known for their work on the subject of love. While they each approach the subject of their poems through sonnet forms, there are fundamental differences in their style and form, as well as in the way they undergo the discussion of their subjects. Additionally, it is apparent that in “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare actually satirizes Petrarch’s style and musings as his narrator describes his mistress, whose “eyes are nothing like the sun” (Shakespeare 3: 106). Shakespeare appears to be making light of the metaphor and exaggerated comparison... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:04 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/325/comparison-of-petrarchs-sonnet-292-of-the-canzoniere-and-shakespeares-sonnet-130 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/316/analysis-of-john-keatss-when-i-have-fears-death-and-the-freedom-of-limitations By Brian Richards - In the opening lines, the speaker has clearly identified one of his fears for the reader. It is not merely the cliché death that worries the poet, but the very specific and mildly unique fear that he may not achieve his full creative potential (“full ripened grain”) by the time death arrives (in the form of “high-piled books” he has written). Such anxiety is relatable to any artist and any human being who is dissatisfied with his or her current state, or those who fear the limitations of life despite the unlimited nature of their ideas (before his pen has even &ldquo... Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:53 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/316/analysis-of-john-keatss-when-i-have-fears-death-and-the-freedom-of-limitations http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/239/immortality-and-the-poem-comparing-and-contrasting-marvell-and-shakespeare By Brian Richards - The meaning behind both Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Shakespeare’s sonnets has been debated since their respective publications. Marvell’s poem and specifically Shakespeare’s sonnets 55 and 60 have undeniably divergent content but nevertheless convey themes relating to life, death, and love. The ideas illustrated through the lines reveal somewhat of a mutual disdain for death, as well as a passion to live and love. The poems emphasize mortality—the approaching doom and death—in a similar way that presents time as a personified villain... Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/239/immortality-and-the-poem-comparing-and-contrasting-marvell-and-shakespeare