Prompt 1: You read some famous examples of poems following traditional poetic forms, but you also read some poems by authors responding to those earlier examples (such as Gwynn's "Shakespearean Sonnet" responding to Shakespeare). Why might modern authors use poetic forms that seem a little old fashioned? Do they change the form at all? Why do that?
First off, Gwynn's "Shakespearean Sonnet" was a little comical by how much she simplified each piece of work. She most definitley pointed out how crazy the plots of Shakespeare were, but this also shows how good of a writer he was because he could make a crazy sounding plot so well constructed.
Modern authors might use poetic forms that seem a little old fashioned for many different reasons. It could be out of respect to show how much they liked a certain authors view and ideas. It could be because they want to try and maybe imitate the "old fashioned" form. I mean, in history it tends to repeat itself as we all know, so some things are cool to bring back and try and make it popular again. I also think that they do change the form slightly. They sometimes use the old fashioned form as a guide to writing and tend to modernise it in the slightest form.
