Petrarchan sonnet tradition

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The Petrarchan sonnet tradition is a highly influential poetic mode, originating from Francesco Petrarca’s Italian love sonnets, characterized by an octave–sestet structure, intricate rhyme schemes, and introspective explorations of love and desire.

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instanceOf literary tradition ⓘ
poetic tradition ⓘ
sonnet form ⓘ
adoptedBy Edmund Spenser ⓘ
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
Sir Philip Sidney ⓘ
Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
basedOn Petrarch’s love sonnets ⓘ
characterizedBy intricate rhyme schemes ⓘ
introspective exploration of desire ⓘ
introspective exploration of love ⓘ
octave–sestet structure ⓘ
contrastedWith Shakespearean sonnet tradition ⓘ
developedFrom Petrarch’s Canzoniere ⓘ
linked to: Il Canzoniere
formalFeature hendecasyllabic meter in Italian originals ⓘ
iambic pentameter in English adaptations ⓘ
volta between octave and sestet ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin 14th century ⓘ
influenced Elizabethan love poetry ⓘ
English sonnet tradition ⓘ
French Renaissance poetry ⓘ
Renaissance European poetry ⓘ
Spanish Golden Age poetry ⓘ
metaphysical poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Francesco Petrarca ⓘ
keyConcept conceit of the unattainable lady ⓘ
division between body and soul ⓘ
oxymoronic expressions of love ⓘ
poet-lover persona ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Italian ⓘ
literaryMovementContext Renaissance humanism ⓘ
majorTheme idealized beloved ⓘ
inner conflict ⓘ
religious and moral reflection ⓘ
spiritualized desire ⓘ
time and mutability ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
namedAfter Francesco Petrarca ⓘ
originatedIn Italy ⓘ
standardDivision octave ⓘ
sestet ⓘ
stylisticFeature antithesis and paradox ⓘ
elaborate imagery ⓘ
extended metaphors ⓘ
highly patterned rhetoric ⓘ
typicalLength 14 lines ⓘ
typicalRhymeSchemeOctave abbaabba ⓘ
typicalRhymeSchemeSestet cdcdcd ⓘ
cdecde ⓘ

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Francesco Petrarca → subjectOf → Petrarchan sonnet tradition ⓘ
Il Canzoniere → influenced → Petrarchism ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta → influenced → English Petrarchism ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
The Dead → rhymeScheme → Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
Amoretti → followsConventionOf → Petrarchan sonnet tradition ⓘ
Amoretti → departsFromConventionOf → Petrarchan sonnet tradition ⓘ
Epithalamion → influencedBy → Petrarchan tradition ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
Song Book → style → Petrarchan ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
Fragments of Vernacular Matters → metricalForm → Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
Sonnet 130 → contrastWith → Petrarchan sonnets ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
Laura (Petrarch’s muse) → inspiredWork → Petrarch’s Italian sonnets ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
L’Olive → influencedBy → Petrarchan sonnet tradition ⓘ
Soul’s Beauty → poeticForm → Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition
Body’s Beauty → form → Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
linked to: Petrarchan sonnet tradition