... Wyatt's footsteps and the two were identified as the founders of the English sonnet. Surrey's is known for adapting sonnets written in Italian to the English language and make the translation fully render Italian sources; this form was later adopted by Shakespeare in his sonnets written during the Elizabethan period (Lathrop 463). His inventions also include the use of a blank verse ... ...

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