sonnet sequence

noun

1. a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sonnet sequence¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Has he not done this in the immortal sonnet-sequence called ‘The House of Life’?

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Now, when a cough drop is to be made the subject of a sonnet-sequence what happens?

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Was it not Buonarotti who had carved it in the coloured marbles of a sonnet-sequence?

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This man exhibits his lack of faith in a sonnet-sequence; that man exhibits his lack of bones in a tent.

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