Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe, by Helen Chasin The sonnet has been one of the most widely used and well-known verse forms for over four centuries. Generally written in series, but quite effective as individual poems, they have celebrated love, death and many other expressions of private, personal feelings. Traditionally, sonnets are one of the most rigidly defined poem forms with a set pattern of breaks and rhymes, following one of several conventions. As …
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…s matter? One thing that I have noticed from reading this poem, however, is that because of the lexical set used, the poem seems to take most of its meaning from its form, or more aptly its non-adherence to that form. The words on their own are not enough to give this poem real meaning. However, the words coupled with the external form of this poem combine to give it many more possibilities for interpretation.