Home›Sonnet Forms›All Sonnet FormsBrowse ByAll Sonnet FormsFactsAll Sonnet FormsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1200 1All Sonnet FormsFilter Results5 entriesGenreAllLyric Poetry (5)Influenced ByAllThe Canzone (1)The Curtal Sonnet (1)The Petrarchan Sonnet (1)The Shakespearean Sonnet (1)The Sonnet (1)The Spenserian Sonnet (2)BrowseCompareSelect all 5The Curtal SonnetSonnet FormsThe Petrarchan SonnetSonnet FormsThe Shakespearean SonnetSonnet FormsThe SonnetSonnet FormsThe Spenserian SonnetSonnet FormsSources1. Sonnet (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaSonnet, lead section, 13th-century Sicily origin sentenceQuote, Sonnet, lead section, 13th-century Sicily origin sentenceOriginating in 13th-century Sicily, the sonnet was in time taken up in many European-language areas, mainly to express romantic love at first, although eventually any subject was considered acceptable.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.