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RATINGS: Sites are rated from 1 owl (good) to a high of 5 owls. Read more- Sir Philip Sidney
Because of his volatile temperament, poet Sir Philip Sidney initially found it nearly impossible to find work in Queen Elizabeth's court. Eventually he was knighted and received important appointments, but his career and life were ended only a few years later by a musket-ball wound in battle. Check out a brief bio of Sidney, plus an intro to his piece, Defence of Poesie, on this exhaustive (and somewhat visually exhausting!) Renascence Editions site.
Defence of Poesie Read the text of the 1595 edition of Sir Philip Sidney's Defence of Poesie.
- Sir Thomas Wyatt
Though Sir Thomas Wyatt, the knight and author who introduced the sonnet into English, intended to publish a collection of his works. But he never did and very few of his writings were published until after his death. Learn more about Wyatt's life, read his works, and check out critical essays about them all on this easy-to-navigate, musical Luminarium site devoted to English Renaissance literature.Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Henry Howard was the first English poet to publish in blank verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter — an innovation often considered more significant that his work with sonnets. Learn more here.Sir Philip Sidney
- Sonnet Central
Early sonnets, Elizabethan sonnets, write your own sonnets and more! Go into sonnet overload on this Sonnet Central site, which offers an archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, listening options and links. While you browse, don't forget the English, or Shakespearean sonnet rules of iambic pentameter rhyming ABAB CDCD."My true-love hath my heart and I have his" Read Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet, "My true-love hath my heart and I have his."
- SonnetLex
Who is this guy Petrarch? Why do we care about him? Petrarch was one of the greatest Italian sonneteers. We care about him because the sonnet we know today descended directly from his pen. (You might say he is the "Petrarch" of the sonnet). If you're still unsure why you should care about Petrarch, then come to this site. It traces the history of the sonnet's development in bite-sized chunks. Not only that, but you'll learn neat little nuggets like the mysterious "Laura," a married woman Petrarch saw one Good Friday. He immediately fell desperately in love with her. In that instant, Petrarch said, he became a poet. Without Laura, we may never have had the sonnet to admire. Read on.
The Italian Sonnet Meets English Talent
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