Which of the following is not a sonnet popularly used during the elizabethan age?

answer choices

spenserian
petrarchan
italian
english
all were used.

E). All were used.

Explanation:

Elizabethan age is marked as one of the greatest periods(in English literature. It is distinguished for its intellectual development along with the discovery of new ideas that metamorphosed English life in general and English literature in particular.

Sonnet is described as a poem sequence comprising of fourteen lines composed in 'iambic pentameter' with a particular rhyme scheme. It was one of the most common literary forms that Elizabethan writers were influenced by.

As per the question, 'all of the given' types of sonnet were used during the 'Elizabethan age'. 'Spenserian' because he was one of the pillars of writing during the age who founded this variety of 'sonnet' while Sidney employed 'Italian sonnets'. 'English sonnet' is the alternate name for the 'Elizabethan sonnet' that originated during the age while 'Petrarchan sonnet' was the base form that inspired all the other versions. Thus, all of them were employed and hence, option E is the correct answer.