Concetti Chiave
- The sonnet form was introduced to England by Sir Thomas Wyatt in the 16th century, evolving through poets like Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare's sonnets, totaling about 154, are characterized by fourteen lines, iambic pentameter, three quatrains, and a concluding rhyming couplet.
- Shakespearean sonnets typically explore different aspects of a main theme in each quatrain, culminating in a resolution in the final couplet.
- English poets aimed to elevate the English language, inspired by the Italian sonnet's simplicity, while integrating Protestant views on the divine nature of love.
- The Spenserian sonnet, notably in the Amoretti collection, discusses themes of love and devotion, contrasting the poet's affection with the beloved's coldness.
In England the sonnet form arrived with Sir Thomas Wyatt in the 16th century.
Wyatt's sonnet form wasw followed by that of Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare, who was a great sonneteer.
What is the relationship between Shakespeare and the English Sonnet?
Shakespeare wrote about 154 sonnets.
The Shakespeare sonnet consists of fourteen lines, of iambic pantametre, three quartains and a rhyming coumplet which concludes the poem.
Generally then sonnet has a rhime scheme; it speacks in each quatrain of different aspects of the main theme, which is resolved in the finjal couplet.
The aim of English poetry was to give importance to the English language.
English poets were aware of creating a new language and looked to the Italian sonnet as an example of a simple poetic form.
The Catholic belief in the weakness or physical love had been replaced by the Protestant belief that there is a divine blessing in love.
Shakespeare, Donne and later the Metaphysicals, presented and discussed the divine nature of Love.
The Spenserian Sonnet
The Spenserian sonnet speacks about the poet's love for his devoted wife Elizabeth Boyle, whom the poet married in 1596.
The sonnets in Amoretti, Spenser's most famous sonnet collection, deal with the conventional themes of the coldness and cruelity of the beloved ladye of the poet in opposition to the great love of the poet.
Spenser's sonnet has as rhime scheme.
Domande da interrogazione
- How did Shakespeare contribute to the development of the English sonnet?
Shakespeare significantly contributed to the English sonnet by writing about 154 sonnets. His sonnet structure consists of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, divided into three quatrains and a concluding rhyming couplet. This form allowed for exploration of different aspects of a theme in each quatrain, with resolution in the final couplet, enhancing the English language's poetic expression.
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