Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s "The House of Life" is a sequence of sonnets that explores love and spiritual yearning. Which formal and thematic innovation distinguishes this sonnet sequence from traditional Elizabethan sonnet cycles?
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The emphasis on earthly love over divine inspiration
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The integration of visual and poetic arts to enhance thematic depth
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The use of archaic language and medieval symbolism
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The rejection of the Petrarchan sonnet form in favor of blank verse