sonnet sequence
noun
a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.
Also called
sonnet cycle.
Origin of sonnet sequence
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby sonnet sequence
soniferous,
sonification,
sonne bacillus,
sonnet,
sonnet cycle,
sonnet sequence,
sonneteer,
sonnetize,
sonnets from the portuguese,
sonny,
sono-
Definition for sonnet cycle (2 of 2)
Example sentences from the Web for sonnet cycle
Lodge was one of the earliest to follow the example of Sidney in linking a sequence of sonnets together into a sonnet-cycle.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles |Thomas Lodge and Giles FletcherIdea's Mirrour, Amours in Quatorzains, formed the title under which the sonnet-cycle appeared in 1594.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles |Michael Drayton, Bartholomew Griffin, and William SmithIn a sonnet-cycle Sidney recorded his love and sorrow, and Spenser took up the strain with his story of love and joy.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles |Thomas Lodge and Giles FletcherOne of the first to take up the new fashion of the sonnet-cycle, was Thomas Lodge, whose "Phillis" was published in 1595.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles |Thomas Lodge and Giles Fletcher