Is the poem “The Humming-bird” by DH Lawrence a sonnet?
No, this poem does not comply with any of the physical or structural rules for the composition of a sonnet. A sonnet should be fourteen lines long, composed in iambic pentameter, with alternating rhyming lines (ABAB), a “volta” or change of idea on the ninth line, and a heroic couplet to finish. The Hummingbird has none of these things, except alternating rhyming lines…
