sonnet sequence
noun
a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.
Origin of sonnet sequence
1First recorded in 1880–85
- Also called sonnet cycle.
Words Nearby sonnet sequence
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How to use sonnet sequence in a sentence
Has he not done this in the immortal sonnet-sequence called ‘The House of Life’?
Old Familiar Faces | Theodore Watts-DuntonNow, 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 WildeThis 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 Kilmer
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