Sonnets and Bonnets: an Ode to Mr. Collins

This month’s theme is Sonnets and Bonnets, as you may know. And although I intend to focus on the sonnet (poetry) aspect, I couldn’t resist throwing in a few pictures and one quote on the other side of the equation, just to be fair.  Besides, we must have pictures, and hats make better pictures than poems!

This quote is from a 1798 Jane Austen letter, which sums up her opinion of the importance of that article of fashion:

“…next week shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my prin...