Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch

by Francesco Petrarca

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"Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch" by Francesco Petrarca is a selection from a collection written over forty years, beginning shortly after 1327. These sonnets form part of Petrarch's larger work exploring his love for Laura, a woman he reportedly met in Avignon. The poems navigate courtly love, Christian spirituality, and the passage of time through elaborate antithesis and paradox.

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Topics: Italian poetry -- To 1400 -- Translations into English · Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Translations into English