Amos, are you referring to Petrachean, Shakespearian, Spenserian, or the "undefinable" type of sonnet? Each, of course, has its strengths and weaknesses, especially I suppose in English. The basic English iambic pentameter metric, compared with, say, the Italianate form, does lend itself well to the "Two S'es" forms, but the Petrachean seems to be more in vogue on the continent. And then of course there is the "undefinables"...you might well fit in there.