| Ostensibly, the title designates the thematic qualities of the sonnets, but it also announces their formal qualities as well. |
| By Wroth's day, such Petrarchan sonnets would have been considered standard, established, sanctioned, and, primarily, conservative. |
| While most sonnets conform to the usual rules of prosody, with their decasyllables and 14 rhymed lines, there are exceptions throughout the set. |
| Goodness must be praised in sonnets and lyrical monologues, pointing out that should evil prevail, badness will happen. |
| The iambic pentameter of Shakespeare's sonnets mimics the beat of the human heart. |
| I looked forward to that, and began reading avidly, but soon the sonnets went off into a very cheapjack self parody, and I thought oh, how easy! |
