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Edmund Spenser's Amoretti Sonnet - Coggle Diagram
Edmund Spenser's Amoretti Sonnet
WHO WAS EDMUND SPENSER?
He was born in 1552 and died in 1599.
English poet who grew up in London.
He is best known for his work THE FAERIE QUEEN.
This poem is an allegory of the Tudor monarchy.
He studied at Merchant Taylor School.
this peom glorifies Queen Elizabeth I.
He wrote his Amoretti between 89 and 100.
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONNETS
The word "AMORETTI" means "little love poems".
Elizabeth Boyle - Spenser's second wife.
The sonnets were all written to one woman, Elizabeth Boyle and this was unusual.
He clearly adored Elizabeth and focused every poem upon her.
Spenser's honest feelings for just one attainable woman sets these sonnet apart.
THE PETRARCHAN SONNET
Petrarchan sonnet have 14 lines and 2 parts.
2 or 3 lines rhyme patterns may be arranged in different ways but the last 2 lines never be a couplet. It would be in Shakesperean sonnets.
The first part has 8line and it is called the OCTAVE and its rhyme scheme is: abbaabba.
The second part has 6 lines and it is called SESTET and also its rhyme scheme is :cdcdcd or cdecde.
In spite of the strict Petrarchan, Spenser seems to have created his own blend between the twon types of sonnets.
THE AMORETTI SONNET
SONNET1.Spenser is creating a metaphor in the sonnet.
SONNET1. In the first 4 lines, the author compares himself to a book that is read by his love, Elizabeth.
SONNET1. He longs for Elizabeth to see his sadness because she has not yet loved him.
SONNET1. His hope is that she will hold his poems in her 'lily white hands'.
SONNET1. the second 4lines speak of his wish to see he lover's eyes light up when she reads the poem or perhaps when she sees Spenser.
The final 6 lines allude to a spring of water in Greek mythology from which the muse of poetry flows called HIPPOCRENE in the HELICON mountains.
Spencer calls Elizabeth an "angel" in this poem and when she reads his sonnets, Spencer is satisfied as with food.