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Which sixteenth-century poet, a courtier of Henry VIII, introduced the sonnet form into English with his translation of Petrarch?

Answer: Thomas Wyatt — Sir Thomas Wyatt brought the Petrarchan sonnet to English poetry; his poems circulated in manuscript at court and were first printed in Tottel's Miscellany (1557).

Sir Thomas Wyatt brought the Petrarchan sonnet to English poetry; his poems circulated in manuscript at court and were first printed in Tottel's Miscellany (1557).

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