 "Spenser's working together of allusions and attitudes from both Petrarchist sources and scriptural loci intimates a poetic and a personal harmony, which in "Amoretti" becomes his ultimate preoccupation and goal”.This provides a sharp contrast to the focus of other Renaissance sonneteers, who tend to dwell on the indeterminacy and conflict of the lover's plight.Examining the underlying structure of the sequence and its religious parallels provides one key to appreciating the richness and complexity of "Amoretti" and establishing Spenser as one of the most important sixteenth-century sonneteers.