Astrophel and Stella
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Astrophil and Stella is an English sonnet sequence by Philip Sidney containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs, probably composed in the 1580s. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' and 'phil',
The title page of the second edition of Astrophil and Stella (1591), from the British Library's holdings
Frontispiece to copy of Astrophel and Stella from University of Edinburgh Library.
Petrarchan sonnet
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The Petrarchan sonnet, also known as the Italian sonnet, is a type of sonnet named after the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca, although it was not developed by Petrarch himself, but rather by a string
Astrophel and Stella
…narrative, the philosophical trappings of the poet in relation to love and desire, and musings on the art of poetic creation. Sidney also adopts the Petrarchan rhyme scheme, though he uses it with such freedom that fifteen variants are employed. Some have suggested that the love represented in the sequence may…
A Petrarchan Sonnet