These poems are sometimes called Elizabethan sonnets, after Queen Elizabeth. His work was so good that when anyone says the word sonnet, they are almost always referring to the style of poem Shakespeare wrote. The most famous sonnets in the history of the world. William Shakespeare not only wrote some of the most enduring plays in western literature, but he also wrote a series of famous sonnets. Photo by Ricardo Cruz on Unsplash Learn how to write a sonnet that inspires strangers to love you, and that makes your enemies quake in fearįor many writers, poets, and students, the sonnet is the most intimidating poetic form in the English language.
