Question

Which poet first popularized the sonnet form?



William Shakespeare



Francesco Petrarch



William Blake



Sir Philip Sidney

Answer 1

`The first and most common sonnet is the Petrarchan, or Italian. Named after one of its greatest practitioners, the Italian poet Petrarch, the Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two stanzas, the octave (the first eight lines) followed by the answering sestet (the final six lines).`

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Answer 2

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