- The
Petrarchan sonnet, also
known as the
Italian sonnet, is a
sonnet named after the
Italian poet
Francesco Petrarca,
although it was not
developed by...
- that Spenser's
Petrarchan allusions and use of
Petrarchan precedents cannot be
reduced run-of-the-mill imitation. He
adapts Petrarchan models and uses...
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given its
importance in Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, is also
referred to as
Petrarchan conceit. It is a
comparison in
which human experiences are
described in...
- "Composed upon
Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" is a
Petrarchan sonnet by
William Wordsworth describing London and the
River Thames,
viewed from...
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rhyme scheme for an
octave is ABBA ABBA. An
octave is the
first part of a
Petrarchan sonnet,
which ends with a
contrasting sestet. In
traditional Italian sonnets...
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centred on the poet's love for Beatrice. Most of the
sonnets there are
Petrarchan (here used as a
purely stylistic term
since Dante predated Petrarch)....
-
Shakespeare uses
Petrarchan imagery while actually undermining it at the same time.
Stephen Booth agrees that
Shakespeare references Petrarchan works, but Booth...
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influenced by the Romantic-era
poetry of
Byron and Southey. The poem is a
Petrarchan sonnet with a
rhyme scheme of
ABABABCC DEDEFF. The poem
shows influences...
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quatrains are used in
introverted quatrains, as in the
first two
stanzas of
Petrarchan sonnets. (From John Milton: "Sonnet VII") "Exposure", by
Wilfred Owen...
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quatrain (what is
known as "enclosed rhyme") is used in such
forms as the
Petrarchan sonnet. Some
types of more
complicated rhyming schemes have developed...
