FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Amoretti is a sonnet cycle written by Edmund Spenser in the 16th century. The cycle describes his courtship and eventual marriage to Elizabeth Boyle.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term “amoretti” is literally defined as “little loves” or “little cupids.” Spenser closely follows many conventions of the Elizabethan sonnets, but in some ways his sonnets deviate from the norm for this era.
Detailed explanation-3: -Edmund Spenser’s “Amoretti XXX” is a poem about the relationship between love, desire, and disinterest. The speaker marvels, with clear frustration, at the fact that his burning passion for his beloved only makes her colder toward him, while her cool disinterest simply stokes the flames of his desire.
Detailed explanation-4: –The Spenserian sonnet is a 14-line poem developed by Edmund Spenser in his Amoretti, that varies the English form by interlocking the three quatrains (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE).