本文综述了十四行诗从诞生于意大利到 16世纪传入英国直至 2 0世纪发展变化的全过程 ,并对意大利十四行诗 (彼特拉克体 )和英国十四行诗 (莎士比亚式 )的异同进行了比较。十四行诗在英国经历了时代的变迁 ,继莎士比亚式之后出现了密尔顿式 ,传到 19世纪浪漫主义大诗人手中在内容和形式上得以创新 ,产生了变体十四行诗。 2 0世纪一些现代诗人继续沿用变体十四行诗进行创作并在形式上有新的突破 This paper reviews the whole process of the development and change of Sonnet from its birth in Italy in the 16th century to the 20th century in China. It analyzes the whole process of the development of Sonnet (Petrarch) and English sonnet (Shakespeare) The similarities and differences were compared. The sonnets experienced the changes of the times in England. After the Shakespeare, they appeared in the Milton formula and reached the content and form of innovation in the hands of the romantic big poets of the 19th century, resulting in a variant sonnet. In the 20th century, some modern poets continue to use the variant sonnets to create and have new breakthroughs in form