Question

As a writer of sonnet, Philip Sydney was influenced by .......................

• A. Petrarch
• B. Shakespeare
• C. Milton
• D. Chaucer

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Petrarch

• 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.