It can be a simple " thanks for the help " note or a full sonnet .
可以是简单的“谢谢帮助”的条子，也可以是一首完整的十四行诗。
Basically in a sonnet you show two related but differing things to the reader in order to communicate something about them .
基本上，你要在一首十四行诗中将两个相关但不同的东西显示给读者，以同读者交流关于它们的某些内容。
Shakespeare did not invent the english sonnet form , but he is recognized as its greatest practitioner ; therefore , the english sonnet is commonly called the shakespearean sonnet .
莎士比亚并不是英国十四行诗的发明者，但他却公认为十四行诗最伟大的实践家。
Not only is the english sonnet the easiest in terms of its rhyme scheme calling for only pairs of rhyming words rather than groups of 4 but it is the most flexible in terms of the placement of the volta .
Originally mixed in the nineteenth century , it became an american icon in the twentieth . Bernard de voto called the martini " the supreme american gift to world culture , " while h. l. mencken declared it " the only american invention as perfect as a sonnet . "