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 Welcome to Sonnet Central, an archive of English sonnets, commentary, and relevant web links and a forum for poets to share and discuss their own work. Sonnets are grouped by period below and can also be accessed quickly via an alphabetical list of authors or the java navigation page. All of the sonnets included here (as well as most of those that are linked) are modernized texts for the general reader and are not presented for purposes of scholarly work. Comments and corrections are welcome and may be e-mailed to me, Eric Blomquist.

New: While I get round to updating the links page, please check out sonnets by Michael Juster and David Anthony.

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The Sonnet in Great Britain

early english sonnets the Elizabethan sonnet the 17th century the Romantic era the Victorian sonnet sonnets of World War I early 20th century

The Sonnet Elsewhere

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irish sonnets australia and new zealandsouth african sonnets brazilian sonnets
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bibliography alphabetical author list sonnets about summer

Send me e-mail! Thank you to Anniina Jokinenfor her amazing Luminariumpages; RogerMeyenberg for the Coleridgeessay, Capel Lofft, and other materials; Gary Young for the front page Sonnet Central logo; Richard Bear for his valuable pages on Spenser, Sidney, Wroth, and others; all of the readers, especially those who have sent comments and corrections; all of the moderators and other poets posting to the Sonnet Board; and all of thewriters and editors listed in the bibliography.

This page was created January 20, 1997,moved here February 20, 1999, and modified November 27, 2011.