English sonnet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of English sonnet
First recorded in 1900–05
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The first English sonnet cycle was Philip Sidney’s “Astrophil and Stella,” published in 1591.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2019
Among students and scholars of Persian literature, she was recognized for her command — and renovation — of the ghaza l, a poetic form that is often compared with an English sonnet.
From Washington Post
Imitation of Petrarch is a constant characteristic of the English sonnet throughout the sixteenth century from the date of the earliest efforts of Surrey and Wyatt.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
How no Age is Content, 266*; inventor of English sonnet, 290; Psalm LV.,
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
They do; and but for the courage and genius of Milton they might have dominated the history of the English sonnet to this day.
From Milton by John Cann Bailey
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