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Shakespeare was writing at the end of the 16th century, in an age when time had become increasingly mechanised, its measurements more accurate, and for the first time, clocks began to have minute hands – the sonnet's name is thought to reference the number of seconds in a minute.

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll Laura Barton 2010

Still, they will often at least give a nod to the sonnet's traditional themes.

John Lundberg: A Short History Of The Sonnet 2009

Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland's "The Making of a Sonnet" documents the sonnet's long life, from its earliest years to the present.

How It Gives Life to Thee 2008

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Rumours of the sonnet's death...and revival Lemon Hound 2008

In the end, though, both poets were won over by the sonnet's myriad charms.

How It Gives Life to Thee 2008

This is, I think, the nearest we will find to the sonnet's "fourteen lines and a volte".

Strange Fiction 8 Hal Duncan 2006

The sonnet's continued importance, even in a time of unrhymed free verse, can be chalked up to its seemingly Darwinian ability to adapt to different ages while still keeping its essential jewel-box appeal.

How It Gives Life to Thee 2008

Eventually — in the sonnet's last couplet — the love does rise — or rather, more laboriously, climb — but only, it seems, because it is "allowed" to do so, as if against someone's will.

'Put to the Blush': Romantic Irregularities and Sapphic Tropes 2006

The sonnet's superior survival skills, Mr. Hirsch and Ms. Boland suggest, have depended in part on its ability to embody opposites.

How It Gives Life to Thee 2008

The Earl of Surrey remixed the sonnet's 14 lines into a new stanzaic structure, turning it into a four-part argument and spurring Shakespeare into an orgy of creativity.

Why Gears of War Rocks 2006