Structure sorts literary forms by the fixed rules that define their shape. Wikipedia describes the sonnet's structure as "traditionally consisting of fourteen lines adhering to a set rhyming scheme," rules strict enough that a poem breaking them is no longer considered a sonnet at all. This dimension lets a visitor compare forms that share the same kind of formal constraint.
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WikipediaSonnet, lead section, 13th-century Sicily origin sentenceQuote, Sonnet, lead section, 13th-century Sicily origin sentence
Originating 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.
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