Form, Time, and the "First English Sonnet."
- Author / Editor
- Sawyer, Daniel.
Form, Time, and the "First English Sonnet."
- Published
- Chaucer Review 56. 3 (2021): 193-224.
- Description
- Considers John Metham's "sonnet," which presents the first sonnet-like form in English. While disputing that Metham’s poem should be viewed as the first sonnet in English, its similarities and interpretations help to advance considerations about form that illuminate later English sonnets. Includes brief comments on Chaucer and the sonnet form.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification