Last Sonnets at Paris
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
General Description
Date: 1849
Meter: iambic pentameter
Genre: poem group
General Description of Last Sonnets at Paris I.
Date: 1849
Rhyme: abbaabbacdeced
Meter: iambic pentameter
Genre: sonnet
General Description of Last Sonnets at Paris II.
Date: 1849
Rhyme: abbabbacdede
Meter: iambic pentameter
Genre: sonnet
General Description of Last Sonnets at Paris III.
Date: 1849
Rhyme: abbaabbacdeedc
Meter: iambic pentameter
Genre: sonnet
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
This collection contains 12 texts and images, including:
Manuscript letter of 18 October 1849
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
These three jingoistic sonnets were first printed by WMR in his 1895 Family Letters. DGR set them to his brother in his letter of 18 October 1849, sent from Paris during his trip to the continent with Holman Hunt. WMR later gathered the set of verses written during the trip into an integral sequence.
Printing History
The sonnets were first collected in WMR's 1911 edition.