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