sonnet sequence

noun

: a series of sonnets often having a unifying theme

Examples of sonnet sequence in a Sentence

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In separating lines from some of his most moving and beautiful poems (the sonnet sequence for his mother, for example) with slashes rather than setting them in their original form, the article diminishes the deep power of the lines that recall folding linen with his mother. The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 This poem is part of a sonnet sequence that meditates on Andrea Modica’s photographs of skulls unearthed from the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. New York Times, 14 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sonnet sequence was in 1881

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“Sonnet sequence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sonnet%20sequence. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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