A review by lucillemeeps
Amoretti And Epithalamion by Edmund Spenser

4.0

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Spenser's sonnets. I really enjoyed the complex narrative of the Faerie Queene and wasn't sure if a sonnet sequence would be as good. Some of the lines are really fantastic, and I loved how he turned a lot of the conventions of love poetry on their head. His beloved is a beautiful as the rest of the poets describe, but the qualities that Spenser praises the most are her sharp mind and confidence. Not your usual Petrarchian pretty face.