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DescriptionThe sonnet, attributed to Petrarch in the early Italian renaissance, is a fourteen-line poem that in its original form had the rhyme scheme abba abba cdecde. It was later adapted in England by Wyatt and Surrey with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg. This later form is sometimes called the English sonnet (the earlier one being the Italian sonnet). However, since Shakespeare used the English form, it is also often referred to as the Shakespearean sonnet.

Both types of sonnets are written in iambic pentameter.

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About.com Poetry: Sonnets (Site) - "classic collections, modern examples, definitions of the various sonnet forms, essays and exercises for sonneteers."
An Italian Sonnet (Site) - By James DeFord.
Brother and Sister (Site) - An eleven sonnet sequence by George Eliot.
Coelia (Site) - A series of love sonnets by William Percy (1594), in undiluted Elizabethan English.
Delia (Site) - A sonnet sequence by Samuel Daniel (not translated into modern English).
Diana (Site) - A sonnet sequence by Henry Constable (not translated into modern English).
Early English Sonnets (Site) - Links to sonnets by Wyatt and Surrey and to definitions of some technical terms.
Empire Arts Resource (Site) - Sonnets by Michael J. Farrand.
Golden Age Sonnets (Site) - Translations of Spanish sonnets (with original Spanish texts) by such poets as Luis de Gongora, Lope de Vega, and Miguel de Cervantes.
John Donne - Holy Sonnets (Site) - Nineteen sonnets on religious themes.
Michael Peach’s Site for Lovers of the English Sonnet (Site) - The poet's own English sonnets and a selection from his favorite classic poets.
Personality Quiz - What Poetry Form Am I? (Site) - A sonnet that describes the "personality" of a sonnet. With html code for transferring the sonnet to your site and links to "personality quizzes" for other poetic forms.
Poetic Forms: The Sonnet (Site) - An article by Conrad Geller with examples by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Part of a series in Writing-World.com.
Poetry Knowledge Zone: The Soulful Sonnet (Site) - Explanation, history, and step-by-step writing instructions by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples.
Shakespeare's Sonnets (Site) - The complete sonnets with an analysis and translation into Modern English of selected poems.
Sonnet Central (Site) - "An archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, audio, and relevant web links."
Sonnet Writers (Site) - Past and present sonnets and commentary. New sonnets welcome.
Sonnets by Spenser (Site) - A selection from various sources.
Sonnets for Free (Site) - A collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
The Mediadrome - Words - Poetry: The Fixed Forms - Sonnets (Site) - Description by John Stringer of the sonnet in its various forms, with examples of each type.
The Sonnet (Site) - A brief description and definition of the sonnet form(s).
The Sonnets to Orpheus (Site) - 55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Howard A. Landman.
Toru Dutt: Sonnet (Site) - Written in 1876 by an Indian woman raised in France. From Volume 2 of an anthology entitled, "Reading About the World."