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Both name and structure are Italian in origin, "sonetto" being the diminutive of "suono," sound.
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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Considering the word “sonnet” comes from the italian for “little song” (sonetto), that it sounds sing-songish should not come as a surprise.
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Considering the word “sonnet” comes from the italian for “little song” sonetto, that it sounds sing-songish should not come as a surprise.
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The English variety, introduced in the 16th century and perfected by Shakespeare, is as old as modern English itself, while its southern Italian ancestor (the sonetto, or "little song") dates from around 1235.
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After writing this sonetto a miraculous vision appeared to me, in which I saw things which made me decide to write nothing more of this blessed one until such time as I could treat of her more worthily.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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After writing this sonetto a miraculous vision appeared to me, in which I saw things which made me decide to write nothing more of this blessed one until such time as I could treat of her more worthily.
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Italian _sonetto_ (literally "a little sound"), and the _sonetto_ was originally a short poem recited or sung to the accompaniment of music, probably the lute or mandolin.
Sonnets by the Nawab Nizamat Jung Bahadur Nizamat Jung 1913
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With such a preface it could hardly be otherwise -- the invocation of the lady's shade, the twitting of Death (making his Mastership jig to suit their occasions who had of late been in his presence) and the naive acceptance of all gifts as "buona materia a an sonetto," In the end he spins four to her memory; then finds another lady and doubles all his superlatives for her.
Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892
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To it then! with all the _buona materia a un sonetto_ the dawn can give you.
Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892
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