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.

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Amoretti canonical 2
Amoretti and Epithalamion 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
poetry collection
sonnet sequence
addressee Elizabeth Boyle
author Edmund Spenser
chronicles Edmund Spenser's courtship of Elizabeth Boyle
concludesWith anticipation of marriage
countryOfOrigin England
dedicatedTo Elizabeth Boyle
departsFromConventionOf Petrarchan sonnet tradition
firstPublicationYear 1595
followsConventionOf Petrarchan sonnet tradition
form sonnet
genre Renaissance poetry
love poetry
hasNotableSonnet Sonnet 1
Sonnet 34
Sonnet 54
Sonnet 67
Sonnet 75
language English
literaryInfluenceOn English sonnet tradition
literaryMovement English Renaissance
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryTechnique allegory
blazon
classical allusion
extended metaphor
metricalForm iambic pentameter
numberOfPoems 89
oftenPublishedWith Epithalamion
originalPublicationFormat quarto
publisher William Ponsonby
relatedWork Epithalamion
rhymeSchemeType Spenserian sonnet
setting Ireland
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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Edmund Spenser work Amoretti
Epithalamion publishedWith Amoretti
William Ponsonby published Amoretti and Epithalamion
linked to: Amoretti