(In fact, I'm half Sicilian, my grandparents immigrated from there!)Īlthough he is the creator of sonnets, Lentini is not the namesake of the earliest type of sonnet. If you do not know, Sicily is the Island found in Southern Italy. The creation of the sonnet is attributed to Giacomo da Lentini, a 13th century lyrical poet who wrote poetry in the "Sicilian dialect". As you'd expect, the origins are Italian.
HistoryThe word "sonnet" is derived from the the Italian word "sonetto" which is derived form the other Italian word "suono", meaning sound.
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