Thomas Wyatt

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Thomas Wyatt was a 16th-century English poet and diplomat credited with introducing the sonnet form into English literature during the Renaissance.

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Thomas Wyatt canonical 6
Sir Thomas Wyatt 2
Thomas Wyatt the Elder 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance poet
diplomat
human
poet
activeIn Tudor court
adaptedFrom Italian sonnet form
birthYear 1503
causeOfDeath fever
child Thomas Wyatt the Younger
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathYear 1542
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Henry VIII of England
era 16th century
ethnicGroup English
father Henry Wyatt
fullName Sir Thomas Wyatt
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
genre poetry
sonnet
influenced English sonneteers
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
influencedBy Francesco Petrarca
Italian Renaissance poetry
introducedForm Petrarchan sonnet into English
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf English court of Henry VIII
linked to: Court of Henry VIII
movement English Renaissance
name Thomas Wyatt
notableFor introducing the sonnet form into English literature
notableWork I Find No Peace
They Flee from Me
Whoso List to Hunt
occupation courtier
diplomat
poet
patron Henry VIII of England
placeOfBirth Allington Castle, Kent
placeOfDeath Sherborne, Dorset
linked to: Sherborne
positionHeld Member of Parliament
ambassador
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Elizabeth Brooke
linked to: Elisabeth Brooke
style courtly love poetry
subjectOf studies in English Renaissance poetry
translatedFrom Italian
Latin
usedMetre iambic pentameter
wroteInLanguage English

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wyatt hasNotableBearer Thomas Wyatt
Thomas Wyatt name Thomas Wyatt
Thomas Wyatt fullName Sir Thomas Wyatt
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey contemporaryOf Sir Thomas Wyatt
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Thomas Wyatt the Younger father Thomas Wyatt the Elder
linked to: Thomas Wyatt