Sonnets

I recently learned more about the background and concept of the English Sonnets as part of my Shakespeare study. Come to find out it is not English in origin, but is from the Italian tradition. I knew Italian was the most romantic language. <3 Shakespeare's sonnets were not even written during the height of this poetic form. The English had started to bring in the sonnet some 2 generations before Shakespeare published any. I had heard that He had some Italian influences in some of his plays, but here is farther proof that Shakespeare's Italian roots are deeper than I had expected.