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Sir Thomas Wyatt (Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII) (The rewritten form by Sir…
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII)
George Gascoigne
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English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier
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Henry Howard, the Earlf of Surrey uses the English sonnet form for the first time.
He is considered the most important poet of the early Elizabethan era, following Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
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Petrarchan sonnet
The Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two main parts, called the octave and the sestet.
The octave is eight lines long, and typically follows a rhyme scheme of ABBA ABBA, or ABBA CDDC.
The sestet occupies the remaining six lines of the poem, and typically follows a rhyme scheme of CDCDCD, or CDECDE.
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For example, the octave may ask a question to which the sestet offers an answer.