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Sonnets were written by many of the Romantic poets, including William Wordsworth, who wrote 523 sonnets, John Keats with 67 sonnets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge with 48, and Percy Bysshe Shelley with 18.〔 〕 ==Revival== The sonnet has been a popular literary form since its creation. The sonnets of Dante, Petrarch, Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare and John Milton all influenced the Romantics. The biggest direct influence was Milton, who wrote fewer than 30 sonnets himself.〔 〕 In the 17th century Milton kept the sonnet form alive while also taking liberty with it. He expanded the subject matter of the sonnet away from just the typical love poem by writing about ideas, events, history, and contemporary issues.. This helped pave the way for the Romantics to take even greater liberties with the sonnet. Like Milton, the Romantics wrote relatively few love sonnets. Topics of the sonnet in the Romantic Era include love, politics, nature, friendship, art, history, religion, life and death.〔 In fact some of the Romantic poets even wrote sonnets about sonnets. Wordsworth’s ''Scorn not the Sonnet'' is an example of this. Keats also wrote about sonnets, most notably in ''On the Sonnet'' (1819), which like Wordsworth's poem defends the form in content and by using it himself. During the late 17th century and early 18th century the sonnet fell out of favor. Many sonnets were still being produced but were not as popular.〔 Revival began with poets like Thomas Edwards and Charlotte Turner Smith before later including the other Romantics such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats and Shelley.〔 〕 Milton especially had a strong influence on Wordsworth after he first heard Milton's sonnets read out loud to him. Of sonnets he said, “Rather () like to employ them occasionally, tho’ I have done it much less in proportion than my great Masters, especially Milton”. Although Wordsworth wrote hundreds of sonnets in his career, he saw himself in Milton's shadow. Wordsworth loved the sonnet form because once the simple rules were mastered he could take as much liberty as he wanted to explore topics of interest. He believed that poets should write sonnets to add variety to their work and keep them out of the trap of routine. The sonnet form humbled many of the Romantics who are usually noted for their strong “I” assertion in lyric narratives. Coleridge too felt unsure of himself saying, “The sonnet has ever been a favourite species of composition with me; but I am conscious that I have not succeeded in it".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romantic sonnets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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