Jorge Luis Borges's "Alexander Selkirk" is in this form, as is Gwendolyn Brooks' "the rites for Cousin Vit." Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate is written as 690 of these, in the form Pushkin created for them in Eugene Onegin. A noted one describes objects that are "nothing like the sun," while others begin "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes" and "Shall I compare the
Jorge Luis Borges's "Alexander Selkirk" is in this form, as is Gwendolyn Brooks' "the rites for Cousin Vit." Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate is written as 690 of these, in the form Pushkin created for them in Eugene Onegin. A noted one describes objects that are "nothing like the sun," while others begin "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes" and "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" For 10 points, name this poetic form that might be Petrarchan or Shakespearean and, in an Elizabeth Barret Browning volume, was "from the Portuguese."
Jorge Luis Borges's "Alexander Selkirk" is in this form, as is Gwendolyn Brooks' "the rites for Cousin Vit."
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