Part of Mass (Troparia are subsections of the Gloria)
000. Sonnet Title
Epigraphs if any
Sonnet
Gloss
copyright © 2015, 2025 by Vern Barnet, Kansas City, MO
A sonnet, "little sound," is, first, read, heard, aloud. Sonnet Primer How to Read a Sonnet
READING one of these sonnets new is like meeting a stranger with a friend. If you want, skip the friend’s introduction (the EPIGRAPHS) and meet the stranger directly by speaking the sonnet aloud. But if you want to know the stranger’s background, consider the GLOSS.
Symbols in the gloss for several sonnets in Thanks for Noticing:
E2, E3, etc = 2nd, 3rd epigraphs, etc
> refers to sonnet(s) named in the double angle brackets, « »
Δ technical comment about the sonnet
Ψ Q1 Q2 Q3 C discloses a word-form sound in the quatrains and the couplet
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