Sir Thomas and Earlof Surrey

Many imitators of chancer appeared after his death in 1400, but few are of great interest. more then a century had to pass before any further important English poetry was written. Queen Elizabethan literary age is not considered as beginning until 1579. Before that year two poets wrote works of value.Sir Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey sir Thomas Wyatt and the earl of surrey are often mentioned together but there are many ndifferent in there work. Both wrote sonnet, which they learned to do from the Italians, but it was Whatt who frist brought the sonnet of England. Surrey work is also important because he wrote the first blanks verse in English. In the from of the sonnet Wyatt mainly followed the Italian poet potrach (1304-74). In this from the 14 lines rhymes abbaabba(8) +2 or 3 rhymes in the last six lines. The sonnet of Shakespeare are not of this from, they rhymes, ababcdefefgg. Wyatt has left us some good lyrics.