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
A Petrarchan Sonnet
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A sonnet is a fixed poetic form with a structure traditionally consisting of fourteen lines adhering to a set rhyming scheme. The term derives from the Italian word sonetto. Originating in 13th-centur
Petrarchan sonnet
…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 of Renaissance poets. Because…
The first five sonnets of Petrarch's Il Canzoniere
The title page of the first edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets
The Sonnet by William Mulready, 1839
D. G. Rossetti's illuminated description of the sonnet, 1880