Answer: B) the 14-line structure
A sonnet is a type of poem that originated in Italy. It is defined as a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and a specific structure. The poem was first introduced in England by Thomas Wyatt in the early 16th century, mostly as translations of Italian ones. By the 17th century, authors such as William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, Samuel Daniel and many others were regularly writing sonnets.