Question

To whom Sidney dedicated his sonnet sequence

• A. Penelope Devereux
• B. Astrophel and Stella
• C. Amoretti and Epithalamion
• D. Sir Philip Sidney

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Astrophel and Stella

• Astrophel and Stella, an Elizabethan sonnet sequence of 108 sonnets, interspersed with 11 songs, by Sir Philip Sidney, written in 1582 and published posthumously in 1591.

• The work is often considered the finest Elizabethan sonnet cycle after William Shakespeare’s sonnets.