". . . classic collections, modern examples, definitions of the various sonnet forms, essays & exercises for sonneteers."
http://poetry.about.com/msubsonn.htmBy James DeFord.
http://www.lnstar.com/mall/james/italiansonnet.htmAn eleven sonnet sequence by George Eliot.
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2696.htmlA series of love sonnets by William Percy (1594), in undiluted Elizabethan English.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/coelia.htmlA sonnet sequence by Samuel Daniel (not translated into modern English).
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/delia.htmlA sonnet sequence by Henry Constable (not translated into modern English).
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/diana.htmlLinks to sonnets by Wyatt and Surrey and to definitions of some technical terms.
http://members.aol.com/ericblomqu/early.htmSonnets by Michael J. Farrand.
http://www.empirecontact.com/sonnets/Translations of Spanish sonnets (with original Spanish texts) by such poets as Luis de Gongora, Lope de Vega, and Miguel de Cervantes.
http://ingber.spanish.sbc.edu/SonnetTexts/Sonnets.htmlNineteen sonnets on religious themes.
http://cs1.mcm.edu/~rayb/holy_sonnets.htmThe poet's own English sonnets and a selection from his favorite classic poets.
http://www.michaelpeach.org/A sonnet that describes the "personality" of a sonnet. With html code for transferring the sonnet to your site and links to "personality quizzes" for other poetic forms.
http://quiz.ravenblack.net/poeticform.pl?q=1&a=10An article by Conrad Geller with examples by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Part of a series in Writing-World.com.
http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/sonnet.shtmlExplanation, history, and step-by-step writing instructions by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples.
http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/pkz10.htmBy David Seckinger, illustrated with line drawings.
http://www.davidseckinger.comThe complete sonnets with an analysis and translation into Modern English of selected poems.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/Description and examples. Part of a course called "The Craft of Poetry" taught by Vince Gotera and Damon McLaughlin at the University of Northern Iowa.
http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/sonnet.html"An archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, audio, and relevant web links."
http://www.sonnets.org/Past and present sonnets and commentary. New sonnets welcome.
http://www.sonnetwriters.comA selection from various sources.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/sonnets.htmlA collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
http://www.poemsforfree.com/sonnpo.htmlDescription by John Stringer of the sonnet in its various forms, with examples of each type.
http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/words_articles/right_word_3_sonnet.htmA brief description and definition of the sonnet form(s).
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sonnet.html55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Howard A. Landman.
http://www.polyamory.org/~howard/Poetry/orpheus_index.htmlWritten in 1876 by an Indian woman raised in France. From Volume 2 of an anthology entitled, "Reading About the World."
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/dutt.html