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The sonnet: A historical analysis of the greatest form of poetry.
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The sonnet: A historical analysis of the greatest form of poetry In this piece of English coursework, I have been asked to look at what I think is one of the greatest forms of poetry in history, which I personally think is a sonnet. In this topic, there are two main categories for sonnets, the first is Italian, and the second is English. Some say there is a Spenserian sonnet made by Edmund Spenser who varied the English form to make it slightly irregular. All sonnets have 14 lines in total. The Italian sonnet form is called the Petrarchan form. The form seems to have originated in the 13th century among the Sicilian school of court poets, who were influenced by the love poetry of Provençal troubadours (who were poets of high regards). It is usually an octet followed by a sestet. When the break between the verses occur the...
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