ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Edmund Spenser’s famous collection of sonnets, Amoretti, is a series of love sonnets dedicated to Elizabeth Boyle, the lady of his dreams whom he pursues and eventually marries in 1594.

Detailed explanation-2: -’Most glorious Lord of Lyfe that on this day / Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin’: so begins the sonnet ‘Easter’ by Edmund Spenser (c. 1552-99), which is the 68th poem in his sonnet sequence Amoretti.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) occupies a significant place among all the sonneteers of Elizabethan age. He is also known as the poet‟s poet. His early collection of sonnets was A Theatre for Worldlings. It was influenced by Marot, Sir Philip Sidney and Bellay.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spenser, as a poet, has tried to revive language and grammar of Chaucer. There are about eighty percent of Saxon words in his works. His mixture of old English words with classical Syntax, adapted from Chaucerian metres, has a remarkable beautiful affect. His greatest contribution to verse is the Spenserian stanza.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: An English sonnet is also known as an Elizabethan sonnet.