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“Scorn not the Sonnet”

"Scorn not the Sonnet" (1827; published in Poetical Works, 1827)

William Wordsworth (1770–1850) · 1827; published in Poetical Works, 1827

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Documented 1839

Journals

Selected engagements, in chronological order.

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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist1record

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Journal April 1839

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“The Sonnet - Wordsworth.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Journal April 1839." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (Box A); Box 5 (99).

Inferred The text matches Wordsworth's 'Scorn not the Sonnet' almost verbatim (small variants: 'honors' for 'honours'; 'Fairy-land' consistent). The poem alludes to Shakespeare, Petrarch, Tasso, Camões, Dante, Spenser, and Milton — those names appear in the text but are not separate reading references; they are mentioned within the poem Fuller is excerpting.