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-
Example sentences from the Web for sonnet sequence
This man exhibits his lack of faith in a sonnet-sequence; that man exhibits his lack of bones in a tent.
The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces |Joyce KilmerNow, when a cough drop is to be made the subject of a sonnet-sequence what happens?
The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces |Joyce KilmerWas it not Buonarotti who had carved it in the coloured marbles of a sonnet-sequence?
The Picture of Dorian Gray |Oscar Wilde