The word "sonnet" comes from the Italian word "sonnetto" or "sonata" meaning "a little song". Sonnets are most commonly written about love and probably the first person to write a sonnet was the poet Petrach and he wrote it for his love, Laura. Sir Thomas Wyatt, who had studied these earlier sonnets from the fourteenth century written by Petrach, introduced sonnets to England in the early sixteenth century when he began writing them. By the end of the sixteenth century they were very popular. Sonnets were thought of as perfect to express one's love. Once in England, the Earl of Surrey further developed sonnets and then Shakespeare adopted the sonnet form and used them in his many plays. Sonnets were not popular in the eighteenth century but they were then reintroduced in the nineteenth century and were still used in the twentieth century, but with an altered tone and content.
             There are two main types of sonnet: the Petrachan and the Shakespearean. The Petrachan sonnets follow the original sonnets and are named after the Italian Petrach. The Shakespearean sonnets are the sonnets that were altered by the Earl of Surrey and then adopted by Shakespeare for use in his plays and in his own sonnets.
             All sonnets have 14 lines and a similar pattern of syllables per line. In Petrachan sonnets, the first eight lines, or the octave, have two sets of rhyme which usually present the idea. The sestet varies with two or three rhymes used and the final lines complete the ideas or make a comment.
             However, in Shakespearean sonnets there are three sets of four lines called the quatrain. The first eight of these lines present one point of view. The last four present another point of view. The last two lines are a rhyming couplet that brings the views together.
             The first pair of sonnets are, "His Lady's Might" and "Sonnet 130", and were both written in the Shakespearean...