Question

Who were the prominent sonneteers of the Early Renaissance in England?

• A. Wyatt and Surrey
• B. Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser
• C. William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe
• D. Thomas More and Francis Bacon

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Wyatt and Surrey

• Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey were pioneers of the English sonnet.

• They introduced the Petrarchan sonnet form to English literature and later helped develop the English (Shakespearean) sonnet structure.

• Their works were compiled in Tottel’s Miscellany (1557), a landmark in English poetic tradition.