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Why do you think poets have found the sonnet form to be so useful for writing about subjects like love, beauty, life, and death?

The sonnet has been a popular form of poetry in the English language ever since it was introduced in the 1500’s in translations and adaptations from Italian sonnets of the Renaissance period. Compared to some closed forms of poetry, the sonnet seems simple and loose, and poets seem to have enjoyed pushing the boundaries, bending […]