Sonnet

The sonnet, a 14‐line poem in rhymed iambic pentameter, was revived during the Romantic era after more than a century of neglect. Almost all Romantic poets, both male and female, wrote sonnets prolifically. The sonnet revival would continue throughout the nineteenth century and has in a sense never abated. With the emergence of free verse, the sonnet began to be seen as a somewhat antiquated structure, but a number of modern and contemporary poets have continued to write sonnets, albeit without always following strict rules of rhyme and metre. Indeed, the sonnet may be the oldest poetic form that still has popular appeal.