A sonnet is a specific type of poem ... and this lesser-known poem is one example. Shakespeare used allegory and elegy to describe complex themes, but most importantly, he allowed the reader ...

A sonnet is a much longer poem but also ... season or something else that links to the season your poem is based on. For example: Autumn leaves float down. Red, beige, brown cover the ground.

Here the poem usually shifts mood or focus ... The Trick by Imtiaz Dharker is an example of a modern sonnet that uses some ‘run on lines’. Sometimes the only way to spot a modern sonnet ...