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Who has written the greatest number of sonnets in the English language?
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William Shakespeare is widely regarded as having written the greatest number of sonnets in the English language. He wrote a collection of 154 sonnets that are considered some of the finest in English literature.
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What has the author Edward Jones written?
Edward Jones has written: 'Milton's sonnets' -- subject(s): Bibliography, English Sonnets, History and criticism, Sonnets, English
Sonnets written in English are most commonly written in?
Pentameter
What has the author Samuel Waddington written?
Samuel Waddington has written: 'English sonnets by poets of the past' -- subject(s): Accessible book, English Sonnets 'A century of sonnets' 'Some views respecting a future life' -- subject(s): Future life, Immortality 'The sonnets of Europe' -- subject(s): English poetry, Sonnets, Translations
What are all sonnets written in?
Sonnets which are written in English are always written in iambic pentameter. Sonnets in other languages, not necessarily (e.g. El Desdichado by Gérard de Nerval).
What has the author Paul Edmondson written?
Paul Edmondson has written: 'Shakespeare's sonnets' -- subject(s): English Sonnets, History and criticism
What has the author Murray Linwood Marshall written?
Murray Linwood Marshall has written: 'Representative Spenserian sonnets' -- subject(s): English Sonnets
Is an English sonnet written in iambic pentameter?
Yes, all sonnets are.
What did William Shakespeare do that was important?
William Shakespeare wrote loads of plays, sonnets, ballads and poetry. Sonnets are sort of weird love poems. Ballads are miserable poems. Sonnets are poems written in a particular format, 16 lines from memory; they are not all love poems, whether weird or not. Ballads don't have to be miserable.
What has the author Hugh Calvert written?
Hugh Calvert has written: 'Shakespeare's sonnets and problems of autobiography' -- subject(s): Autobiography, English Sonnets, History and criticism, Self in literature
What has the author John North written?
John North has written: 'The rediscovered masterpiece: Shakespeare's Sonnets restored after 350 years of deception' -- subject(s): English Sonnets, History and criticism, Willobie his Avisa
What has the author David Basch written?
David Basch has written: 'The Shakespeare codes : the sonnets deciphered' -- subject(s): Cipher, Criticism and interpretation, English Sonnets, History and criticism, Judaism and literature, Religion
What has the author William Fewsmith written?
William Fewsmith has written: 'A grammar of the English language' -- subject(s): Grammar, English language 'A grammar of the English language' -- subject(s): Grammar, English language
