sonnets – Being in Voice

How I Spent My Holiday

I had the best holiday I’ve had for years. Hopping onto a train, sitting in comfort watching the fields and towns roll by, hopping off the train to be met by lovely friends who wined and dined me for a couple of days before dropping me off at another train station, to be met […]

The case for learning about sonnets – in reverse

Flloyd Kennedy 18 January 2016 Performance Skills Training, speech, Voice consonants, Iambic Pentameter, rhythm, Shakespeare, sonnets, syllables, vowels

Working – or playing – with sonnets is a fabulous way to learn about how language works, why poetry CAN be its highest form. But where do you start? Ask just about anyone what they know about sonnets, and they will probably say “iambic pentameter”. Then ask them what that means. Some will know that