Sonnets were well-established in England before Shakespeare had a go at them.
My personal favorite is Sonnet 130. Very traditional Shakespearean sonnet, in that the couplet at the end offers a twist on the three previous quatrains. I think that number 18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day..." is the most quoted and well known of his sonnets.
Shakespeare is well known for the device of mistaken identity.
The sonnet was popularised in England by Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, who were some two generations before Shakespeare. (Shakespeare was born in 1564, Henry Howard in 1517). The sonnet was already well established in Italy by the time of Howard and Wyatt; it had been made the natural form for Renaissance lyric by Petrarch during the 1350's. The English sonnetteers were imitating an established Continental model. By Shakespeare's time the sonnet was still new, but no longer cutting-edge.
There is, well sort of. It was found by a friend of mine. It is in the 10th line down it is compass come.
William Shakespeare is known for the English or Shakespearean Sonnet.
probably sonnet(poem) 18 "shall i compare thee to a summers day..?" and it was very well known :O
William Shakespeare is credited with popularizing the English sonnet form through his collection of 154 sonnets. His mastery of the form and exploration of complex themes such as love, time, and mortality have solidified the sonnet's significance in literature.
Sonnets were well-established in England before Shakespeare had a go at them.
My personal favorite is Sonnet 130. Very traditional Shakespearean sonnet, in that the couplet at the end offers a twist on the three previous quatrains. I think that number 18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day..." is the most quoted and well known of his sonnets.
Shakespeare is well known for the device of mistaken identity.
It really rather depends on what the modern sonnet-writer is doing. A modern sonnet-writer might well adopt the rhythm, rhyme scheme and general structure of Shakespeare's sonnets. In this case, the only difference would be that they are different poems which is obvious.
It could be Hamlet or Macbeth I think. Romeo and Juliet would seem to be his most well-known play.
The sonnet was popularised in England by Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, who were some two generations before Shakespeare. (Shakespeare was born in 1564, Henry Howard in 1517). The sonnet was already well established in Italy by the time of Howard and Wyatt; it had been made the natural form for Renaissance lyric by Petrarch during the 1350's. The English sonnetteers were imitating an established Continental model. By Shakespeare's time the sonnet was still new, but no longer cutting-edge.
much ado about nothing
There is, well sort of. It was found by a friend of mine. It is in the 10th line down it is compass come.
Anyone writing an English Sonnet for one thing. Shakespeare is the most obviously well-known author of such sonnets, but many poets used the form. The English sonnet is composed of three quatrains (3 groups of 4 lines each), which totals twelve lines. At the end of the poem, a rhyming couplet (2 lines) finishes it off. Thus the English sonnet totals 14 lines of verse. There are other poetic forms involving three quatrains as well.