This class is the only thing that has ever really exposed me to sonnets. In the past I have learned about the 3 quatrains and a couplet, and how the structure of a sonnet works, but this class has really made me realize what a powerful tool a sonnet is. Firstly in a sonnet so many secret meanings can be embedded into 14 lines. I know that this is true for any form of writing, but in a sonnet the author has to be far more keen to be able to say what they really want to without giving anything away. Not only does the author have a great task of writing secret messages into the sonnet, but the reader has to be far more deceptive to really understand the authors true feelings. This was obvious when I recited a sonnet to that fair maiden and she just kind of blew it off... maybe even took it the wrong way.
A sonnet is also a powerful tool because of its length and rhyme scheme. For these reasons it can be easily memorized. There really is no better pick up line than reciting some poetry to a girl. A sonnet is ideal for this because the even if the want to be lover doesn't understand the jumble of mixed up words that you are saying, she will at least get that its a poem because it rhymes. If a free verse poem was recited she would probably just look at you, slap you, and call it a day. She wouldn't have ever recognized it being a poem, she would have probably just thought that you were some schizophrenic ranting at her. Although I can't find the beauty in a sonnet it is at least a really good way to pick up chicks.
P.S. That last line was a joke... Kind of
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