Concetti Chiave
- The English sonnet was introduced by Sir Thomas Wyatt in the 16th century, followed by poets like Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, and William Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare's sonnet structure comprises fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, with three quatrains and a concluding rhyming couplet.
- English poets aimed to elevate the English language, drawing inspiration from the Italian sonnet's simplicity.
- The transition from Catholic to Protestant beliefs influenced the portrayal of love, with poets exploring its divine nature.
- The Spenserian sonnet, distinct in its abab rhyme scheme, bridges the Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets, often discussing themes of love and devotion.
In England the sonnet from arrived with Sir Thomas Quatt in the 16th century.
What's sonnet followed was followed by that of Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spencer and William Shakespeare, who was a great sonnet e'er.
Shakespeare wrote about 154 sonnets.
The Shakespeariano sonnet consists of fourteen lines, of iambic pentameter, three quarrying and a rhyming couplet which concludes the poem.
Generally the sonnet has a rhyme she me of the kind abab; it speaks in each quatrainquatrain of different aspects of the main theme, which is resolved in the final 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The Catholic belief in the weakness of physical love had been replaced by the Protestant belief that there is a divine blessing in love.
Shakespeare, Donne and later the Methaphisicals, presented and discussed the divine nature of Love.
The Spenserian sonnet speaks about the poet's love for his devoted wife Elizabeth Boyle, whom the poet married in 1596, collection, deal with the conventional themes of the coldness and cruelty of the beloved lady in opposition to to the great love.
Spencer's sonnet has a rhyme scheme of the kind abab.
It is original in comparison to the Petrarchian sonnet and it functions as a link between the Petrarchian sonnet and the Shakespeariano sonnet.
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