![]() ![]() ![]() He was the son of Henry Wyatt, a Lancastrian who was imprisoned during the reign of Richard III, but then was released by Henry VII. Thomas Wyatt was born at Allington Castle in 1503 in Kent, England. Although he lived many years ago, his works are still studied and enjoyed today. His most famous poems are “Whoso List to Hunt,” “They Flee From Me,” “What No, Perdie,” “Lux, My Fair Falcon,” and “Blame Not My Lute.” Wyatt also wrote three satires in which he adopted the Italian terza rima into English (“Thomas Wyatt,” 2013). His poems were mostly concerned with love and his lovers, many of which were based on sonnets by Petrarch. Along with the Earl of Surrey, Wyatt is credited with the introduction of the sonnet to the English language. In 1557, ninety-six of his poems were published in an anthology which included works by Surrey, another influential writer of the time. During his lifetime, his poems were circulated in manuscript form to members of the king’s court but were not officially published until after his death. ![]() Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder was an accomplished diplomat and Renaissance poet well known for his influence on the development of the sonnet. ![]()
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