The sonnet has a great influence on all literature. There were three main types of sonnets, English, Italian, and Spenserian. These three sonnets all have different patterns or different configurations. The evolution of the sonnet through history, typological forms, and analysis of William Shakespeare's sonnet 116, Edmund Spenser's sonnet 30, and John Milton's sonnet 19. Developed in Italy during the Renaissance the sonnet brought a high form of development in the 14th century ("A Brief History of Sonnets"). A sonnet is a poem consisting of fourteen lines, usually expressing a single complete idea. The sonnet was introduced to England by Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey in the 16th century (Shaw 351). The sonnet began as a variant of the Italian model and the form is said to have arisen from the addition of a double refrain. Sonnet theory developed slowly during this period because it resulted in an unrealistic extreme of purism. The Petarcan model was brought to England and adjusted the rhyme scheme and meter to suit the English language. The sonnet was not introduced to America until the last quarter of the eighteenth century through the work of Colonel David Humphrey. Over the past century, sonnet themes in both Europe and America have expanded to incorporate nearly all subjects and moods. The sonnet has a fruitful history in England and showed immediate preference among English (sonnet) writers. The three most widely recognized versions of the sonnet with their traditional rhyme scheme are the English, Italian, and Spenserian (sonnets). The sonnets are usually related to the same love for a woman or for God, according to Babette Deutsch in the Handbook of Poetry Dictionary of Terms (Deustsch, 169)...... middle of the sheet...... production found in earlier works (Sonnets). Sonnets have played an important role in literature since the beginning. Sonnets have different history, types and forms. Sonnets are not just written Frank N Magill once said: “The greatness of sonnets lies in their intellectual and emotional power...”(Magill 1164).Works Cited“A Brief History of Sonnets”. Folger Shakespeare Library. Folger Shakespeare Library, n.d. web.18 Mar. 2014Deutsch, Babette. Manual of Poetry, Dictionary of Terms. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1895. Print. Magill, Frank N, ed Row,1968.Print.Shaw,Harry.Dictionary of Literarcy Terms.New York:McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972.PrintSonnets (from It. Sonnet, a little sound or song).TVFB;LJZ;CS A.New Encyclopedia of Princeton B. Poetry and Poetics. 1993 C.1-5.Book Collection:Nonfiction.March 20,2014