The Russian Sonnet

Authors

  • Barry P. Scherr (1945–2024)
  • Michael Wachtel Princeton University, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 225 East Pyne, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12697/smp.2025.12.1.04

Keywords:

formes fixes, sonnet, rhymes, tradition, innovation, diversity

Abstract

This article describes the Russian sonnet as a verse structure. Highlighting the many deviations and innovations poets introduced – from adapting Petrarchan and Shakespearean models to radical experiments – the study shows how the sonnet’s diversity has made it one of the most resilient forms in Russian poetry.

Foreword by Michael Wachtel

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Published

2025-10-25

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025)

Section

Articles