All Comments on 'Sonnet in Spring Green'

The English sonnet is a complex and challenging form--with strict rules for its meter, its rhyme scheme, and the logic of its content. Though here and there the poet strains to make everything work, overall the poem is quite a success. I particularly like the complexity of the poem's attitude towards the change of seasons, and I like the clever central metaphor: Spring is a medieval-ish, crafty warrior-queen, and the change of seasons is a battle--not without violence, treachery, and poisoned chalices--which the queen manages to survive and win. For now. Advice: Don't let down your guard, girl. Let's just say that readers are unlikely to confuse enbiji with Elizabeth Barrett Browning. A solid five stars for this one.