As a writer of sonnet, Philip Sydney was influenced by .......................
APetrarch
BShakespeare
CMilton
DChaucer
Answer:
A. Petrarch
Read Explanation:
The Petrarchan sonnet, perfected by the Italian poet Petrarch, divides the 14 lines into two sections: an eight-line stanza (octave) rhyming ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD or CDECDE.