Question

Write short note on 'Sonnet'

Answer 1

A sonnet is a poem in a specific form which originated in Italy; Giacomo da Lentini is credited with its invention. The term sonnet is derived from the Italian word sonetto. By the thirteenth century it signified a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure.

Answer 2

The English sonnet began with another lovelorn poet, Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542). In the 1530s, Wyatt translated some of Petrarch’s love sonnets and wrote a few of his own in a slight modification of the Italian form. Another English poet who deserves credit for popularizing the sonnet in England is Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547). Building on Wyatt’s modifications to the form, Surrey changed the rhyme scheme of the sonnet to make it more suitable to the English language. Surrey’s innovations distinguished the English sonnet from the Italian sonnet, and eventually became known as the Shakespeareansonnet because of Shakespeare’s mastery of the form.

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