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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amoretti canonical 2
Amoretti and Epithalamion 1

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Statements (45)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edmund Spenser → work → Amoretti ⓘ
Epithalamion → publishedWith → Amoretti ⓘ
William Ponsonby → published → Amoretti and Epithalamion ⓘ
linked to: Amoretti