What is a Sonnet?

Petrarch wrote Italian sonnets, and Thomas Wyatt took the form to England. Then came Shakespeare. Petrarchan sonnets, Shakespearean sonnets.

This video explains what a sonnet is and offers some analysis and commentary
"Whoso List to Hunt" by Thomas Wyatt and four sonnets by William Shakespeare.

Sonnet 29 -- "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"
Sonnet 73 -- "That time of year thou mayst in me behold"
Sonnet 116 -- "Let me not to the marriage of true minds"
Sonnet 130 -- "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"
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00:00 -- What is a sonnet?
00:36 -- Petrarch and the Petrarchan sonnet
03:49 -- Thomas Wyatt
04:10 -- "Whoso List to Hunt"
08:03 -- The Shakespearean sonnet
08:18 -- Sonnet 73, "That Time of Year"
14:45 -- Sonnet 29, "When in Disgrace"
19:43 -- Sonnet 116, "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"
21:01 -- Sonnet 130, "My Mistress' Eyes"