Spenser wrote Amoretti as a sonnet sequence and a marriage ode celebrating his marriage to Elizabeth Boyle. Which of the following is a characteristic of Amoretti?

Correct option is C

Explanation:

Amoretti is a sonnet sequence written by Edmund Spenser in 1595 to celebrate his courtship and eventual marriage to Elizabeth Boyle. It consists of 89 sonnets (not 90) and follows the Petrarchan form, which is structured as an octave (eight lines) followed by a sestet (six lines). However, Spenser modified this traditional structure into his own rhyme scheme, later known as the Spenserian sonnet:

Rhyme Scheme:
ABAB BCBC CDCD EE
This interconnected rhyme pattern differs from both the Shakespearean sonnet (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG) and the traditional Petrarchan sonnet (ABBAABBA CDECDE or CDCDCD).

Information Booster:

Amoretti – A collection of 89 sonnets tracing the poet’s love and eventual marriage to Elizabeth Boyle.

Spenserian Sonnet Form – A modified version of the Petrarchan sonnet, featuring an interlocking ABAB BCBC CDCD EE rhyme scheme.

Themes of Amoretti – The sonnets explore themes of courtly love, admiration, devotion, and spiritual unity in marriage.

Amoretti was dedicated to Elizabeth Boyle, her wife.

Amoretti was published in 1595 in London by William Ponsonby. It was printed as part of a volume entitled Amoretti and Epithalamion.