Essay from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Technical University of Darmstadt (Institut fur Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft), course: The Sonnet, language: English, abstract: The sonnet Sonnet", written by Billy Collins, consists of fourteen lines, which is typical for the form of a sonnet. Moreover, the sonnet has two quatrains and one sestet which is neither typical for a Shakespearean sonnet, nor for a Petrarchan sonnet, but makes it a mixture of both forms.