Jack Farrant explores the melancholy Anglo-Saxon ‘The Ruin’, and what it can teach us about the finite nature of grandeur.
Originating in 13th century Italy, the sonnet is a 14-line poem typically consisting of 10 beats per line – known as being written in Iambic pentameter. The rhythm of iambic pentameter resembles the sound of a heartbeat, one soft beat followed by one strong beat, that is then repeated five times to create the 10 […]