If the sometimes a bit heated discussion here has caused many to search out and look (or re-look) closely at notable sonnets, then all for the best. Difference of opinion is healthy if it results in learning and respect for others' views. If mine has been a stodgy and overly classical stance, in the opinions of some, then all right. So be it. I have, in fact, come to see that there have been more variations in the sonnet form by true poets than I had thought there had been. And I thank the posters. Yet if I live and die by the traditional sonnet in iambic pentameter, in either the English or one of the Italian rhyme schemes, I would respectfully submit that I stand in good--if not universal--company.
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