Spenserian Sonnet
Spenser created a whole new sonnet form for his Amoretti sonnet sequence. His form became so famous that we call it the "Spenserian sonnet." (Some other types of sonnets that you might be familiar with are the Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearian or English sonnet).
You can get the skinny on the Spenserian sonnet in our "Form and Meter" section, but it's safe to say that if a Renaissance-era poem's written in the Spenserian form (with the rhyme scheme ABABBCBCCDCDEE), then it's probably written by good ol' Edmund Spenser himself.
Hungry for more? You can gorge yourself out all the Amoretti here.