How did Gerrit Komrij revive traditional forms such as sonnets and rhyme?

In the 1970s, Gerrit Komrij and other poets moved away from the experimentalist styles that had dominated the post-World War II era, such as those of the Vijftigers. Instead, they returned to traditional poetic structures, including the sonnet and the use of rhyme.1

Komrij’s revival of these forms was characterized by a "knowing and ironic" approach. Rather than simply replicating the earnest or romantic tone of earlier eras, he utilized these classical structures with a sense of detachment and wit, effectively recontextualizing traditional techniques within a contemporary literary framework.1