1. Locke s sonnet sequence is her most well-known work. 2. This article is about sonnet sequences as integrated wholes. 3. The English sonnet sequences exemplify the Renaissance doctrine of creative imitation as defined by Petrarch . 4. The sonnet sequence was a very popular genre during the Renaissance, following the pattern of Petrarch. 5. Sonnet sequences are typically closely based on Petrarch, either closely emulating his example or working against it.6. In most sonnet sequences in the Petrarchan tradition, the speaker yearns for a lover who is sexually unavailable. 7. The beloved is a major interest of sonnet sequences , but the poetry itself is also an important focus. 8. Roche is thus also the first scholar to name her as the author of the first sonnet sequence in English. 9. This is indicated by the fluctuation between singular and plural addresses of the rival ( s ) in the sonnet sequence . 10. In his first year at university Fenton won the Newdigate Prize for his sonnet sequence " Our Western Furniture ".
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