Milton as a Writer of Sonnets— His Contribution
The Sonnet: Its Form and NatureThe word “Sonnet” is derived from the Greek word ‘Sonneto’, meaning, “a sound”. It is a short lyric of fourteen lines and the Italian poet Petrarch was the first to use this form of the lyric to express his love for his beloved Laura, and its use “became the mark of Petrarchan love-poetry all over Europe in the 16th century”. Petrarch had divided his sonnets into
