Assertion: sonnet | /r/HasProperty | adapted to other purposes
Facets:
value: with writing religious sonnets
type: OTHER
value: in the 17th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the 17th century, the sonnet was adapted to other purposes, with Metaphysical poets John Donne and George Herbert writing religious sonnets (see John Donne's Holy Sonnets), and John Milton using the sonnet as a general meditative poem.