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Brief Biography

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Brief Biography

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    2. Brief Biography Petrarch is viewed as the first modern poet. His work influenced even William Shakespeare. He wrote many pieces of literature in Italian and in Latin including epics, letters, and biographies, but he is most famous for his poetry. Also, Petrarch’s sonnets and odes to Laura contained in a single book is his most famous work.

    5.  If my life of bitter torment and of tears could be derided more, and made more troubled, that I might see, by virtue of your later years lady, the light quenched of your beautiful eyes,

    6.  The gold and pearls and flowers, crimson and white, that winter should have made dry and withered, are cruel and venomous thorns to me, that sting me fiercely in the chest and side.  

    7. That wandering paleness which conceals the sweet smile in a loving mist, offered itself to my heart with such majesty that it revealed the heart in the face.

    9. The Complete Canzoniere Click the hyperlink below to read the Canzoniere. Scroll down to go to the Complete Canzoniere, click a section, click a poem, and read. http://www.tonykline.co.uk/PITBR/Italian/Petrarchhome.htm

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