Amoretti
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Amoretti is a sonnet sequence by Edmund Spenser that chronicles his courtship and eventual marriage through a series of intricately crafted love poems.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ sonnet sequence ⓘ |
| addressee | Elizabeth Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronicles | Edmund Spenser's courtship of Elizabeth Boyle ⓘ |
| concludesWith | anticipation of marriage ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Elizabeth Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| departsFromConventionOf | Petrarchan sonnet tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1595 ⓘ |
| followsConventionOf | Petrarchan sonnet tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
Renaissance poetry
ⓘ
love poetry ⓘ |
| hasNotableSonnet |
Sonnet 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sonnet 34 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 54 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 75 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | English sonnet tradition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
allegory
ⓘ
blazon ⓘ classical allusion ⓘ extended metaphor ⓘ |
| metricalForm | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 89 ⓘ |
| oftenPublishedWith | Epithalamion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | quarto ⓘ |
| publisher | William Ponsonby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Epithalamion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeSchemeType | Spenserian sonnet ⓘ |
| setting | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | loosely narrative sequence ⓘ |
| subject |
courtship
ⓘ
idealized love ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| theme |
constancy in love
ⓘ
mutual affection ⓘ religious imagery in love ⓘ spiritualization of romantic love ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early 1590s ⓘ |
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