Which poet's sonnet sequence is titled 'Amoretti'?
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Correct answer: Edmund Spenser
Spenser's 'Amoretti' (Little Loves) is unusual because it celebrates a successful courtship that leads to marriage. It culminates in his 'Epithalamion,' a grand wedding hymn.
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