FICTIONAL ADAPTATION: SONNET RESEARCH

Origins of the Sonnet
Looking online I found that the sonnet was written back in 1932 by American Poet, Mary Elizabeth Frye, she wrote it for her young house guest, who was a German Jewish Woman called Margaret Schwarzkopf.  The young woman was really worried because her Mother was very ill but she was unable to go and look after her Mother due to the events which were taking place, later to be known as the Holocaust. Her Mother past away alone and Margaret turned to Mary for comfort, what upset Margaret most is that she was never able to stand at her Mother's Grave. This is what inspired the opening line and inspired Mary to write the poem.

So the reason the poem was written was to comfort her friend and to open her mind and show that death isn't something to be upset about and that when they die, they become one with the world and they're always watching over us and they're all around us.

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Readings of the Sonnet
After speaking to an Air Cadet, Paige Hudson, she told me that the sonnet is often read out on Remembrance Days each year. It's also one of the most read poems at funerals and days of remembrance as it brings comfort and ease to people who have lost someone and reminds us that they're always watching over us and they're always with us. One of the most well known readings was from 1995 when a soldier's Father read the poem on BBC Radio in remembrance of his son. The Father had found the poem in an envelope which was addressed "To all my loved ones" in his son's personal possessions.

From this, I think I've been taking this sonnet far too seriously and reading into it too seriously. I've been trying to write a story around the sonnet and literally make the lines of the sonnet into the script but I think after reading the meaning behind this sonnet and what it's been used for, I'm starting to see this as more of a blue print for the story. I agree with what Mike said now, that I need to really think about visuals but I think I can adapt this now so that we get this story of a wondering spirit but we focus on her moving on and showing that.