ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 11 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, though the family was originally from Yorkshire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Thomas Wyatt, Wyatt also spelled Wyat, (born 1503, Allington, near Maidstone, Kent, Eng.-died Oct. 6, 1542, Sherborne, Dorset), poet who introduced the Italian sonnet and terza rima verse form and the French rondeau into English literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -’Whoso List to Hunt’: This poem is a classic example of an Italian sonnet, only it’s written in English. But that’s not why ‘Whoso List to Hunt’ has become one of Wyatt’s most famous works.

Detailed explanation-4: -His angry disdain and blunt revulsion register a logical consequence of the ill-treatment of love. Moreover, his sonnets are rich in images, metaphorical and varied, and in the impassioned diction of Petrarch and his followers.