Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1607 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Petrarchan Convention
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The idea
The form arrived from Italy with a set of habits: an idealised and unattainable beloved, the lover's suffering, and comparisons of the beloved to suns, roses and jewels. Unit nine took the Petrarchan rhyme scheme; this is the matter that came with it.
In practice
Idealised beloved, suffering lover.
Where people slip
Unit nine took the scheme, not the matter.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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