Sonnet: Its Origin and Development in England Sonnet (originating from the Italian “sonnetto”) refers to a short poem of fourteen lines with a special technical pattern. It originated in Italy…
Shakespeare's Sonnet: Introduction Sonnets are invariably personal. Intense subjectivity is found to form a key character in sonnet writing. Regarding the personal character of Shakespeare's sonnets, there is, no doubt,…
Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show,That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain,—Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know,Knowledge…
English sonnet, as a poetic genre is intimately connected to the continental poetic movements. The "sonnet" is traced back to Francis Petrarch, whose sonnets (14th C Italian) were popular throughout…