Billy Collins, the author of the Sonnet, uses comic effect to mock old sonnets, the way they were written, and older poets, through the use of literary terms. Billy Collins speaks in a mocking tone about Petrarch and makes readers understand what he thinks of the old sonnet writers and their work. Collins' tone expresses a negative view of the old sonnets but also looks at the good side of them. He addresses the question of how older sonnets were written by ancient poets in order to explain to readers why he wants to change the face of today's sonnets. He is trying to get this main point across to the readers so that they understand why he wants this change. Billy Collins' sonnet being with a tone of positivity that cannot be seen or noticed at first glance. If the sonnet is not read more than once, this tone might seem like one of gratitude for the sonnets of the past but turns into a seemingly ungrateful tone. Collins may seem ungrateful in the end, but that's really not the case. He wants to remake today's sonnets to make them more than simple love sonnets. The first two lines of the sonnet give readers a general idea of ​​how long sonnets should be. All the sonnets must be fourteen in number. The poet tells us in lines 1 and 2: “All we need is fourteen lines, well thirteen now, and after this one, just a dozen. » (lines 1-2) These lines are also seen as a countdown of lines and show the poet dreading writing fourteen lines through his tone. Collins also makes fun of the sonnets, the way they are written and their length. This is depicted throughout the sonnet and constitutes the overall tone of the poet. Collins then goes on to explain to readers what a typical sonnet is using metaphorical similes. The poet narrates his reading... middle of paper ...... change the face of the sonnets in every possible way but he is still grateful for the old sonnets and poets. The speaker of this sonnet speaks in the first person and frequently uses the word nous, meaning he wants readers to know that he too has difficulty following Elizabethan language. From the sonnet there is no idea of ​​the gender of the speaker, but we can assume it is male since a male author wrote the sonnet, and we can also assume that the speaker is the author himself. Collins It's obvious. reference to meter in the form of the Elizabethan sonnet, which is strictly structured throughout the poem. The fact that he uses the word "bongo" in this context means that he considers the measure of a sonnet as a kind of drum that sets rhythms. He thus emphasizes the importance of meter in typical Elizabethan sonnets..