6/25/2023 0 Comments Challenger deep nealThis is the first sonnet discussed in the “Finding the Volta” section, and it turns out that Furniss and Bath have what I consider to be a fairly unique take on sonnet’s turning, and I want to think a little about it here, sharing some ideas of my own that I think are distinctive, as well–at least, I don’t recall this being talked about in regard to this particular sonnet. I’m going to forgo this discussion, though–again, for now–for another one, one focused on the turning of one sonnet: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 (“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”). And, so, yet again, there’s another example of the structure/form distinction, with structural turning coming out on top! Needless to say, they are not” (282–I’m citing the first edition, from 1996). I plan to write about this book’s treatment of the volta more in another post, but for now, I’ll just note that its chapter on the sonnet begins with a section called “The Sonnet as Fixed Form” and then the next section turns to highlighting the volta–the second section is called “Finding the Volta: Form and Meaning,” and it begins, “If things were this simple, we could end this chapter here. It’s just a darn solid introduction to poetry, AND it really foregrounds the volta. So, I’m having a blast reading Reading Poetry: An Introduction, by Tom Furniss and Michael Bath.
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