In a sequence of sonnets a larger pattern of responses to a single intense emotion--invariably love--emerges. So it is with Berryman's sonnets. Recognizing that a sonnet sequence was just what he ...

Whatever the weather. The poetic form of the sonnet originated in the 13th century in Italy. It was originally intended as a way of expressing romantic love among the upper classes. Traditional ...

But the collection’s most intriguing text is an altered copy of Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116,” a famous ode to unceasing love.