Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION), by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A sonnet is a moment's monument Last Line: In charon's palm it pay the toll to death. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form) | ||||||||
A sonnet is a moment's monument,-- Memorial from the Soul's eternity To one dead deathless hour. Look that it be, Whether for lustral rite or dire portent, Of its own arduous fulness reverent: Carve it in ivory or in ebony, As Day or Night may rule; and let Time see Its flowering crest impearled and orient. A Sonnet is a coin: its face reveals The soul,--its converse, to what Power 'tis due:-- Whether for tribute to the august appeals Of Life, or dower in Love's high retinue, It serve: or, 'mid the dark wharf's cavernous breath, In Charon's palm it pay the toll to Death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE SONNET by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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