Petrarch

Speech parts

1. Petrarch - Noun

2. Petrarch - Proper noun

Meaning

an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)

Synonyms

Anagrams

Examples

He cursed Petrarch for redacting verses to sonnets, which he said were like that tyrant's bed, where some who were too short were racked, others too long cut short. Ben Jonson

After the death of their parents, Petrarch and his brother Gherardo went back to Avignon in 1326, where he worked in numerous clerical offices. Source: Internet

Briganti 1961, 6. James V. Mirollo describes how "bella maniera" poets attempted to surpass in virtuosity the sonnets of Petrarch. Source: Internet

And we know that Petrarch, on his own shewing, was so pleased with the story of Griselda that he learnt it by heart as well as he could, for the express purpose of repeating it to friends, before the idea of turning it into Latin occurred to him. Source: Internet

Certain sources also see a conversion of Boccaccio by Petrarch from the open humanist of the Decameron to a more ascetic style, closer to the dominant fourteenth century ethos. Source: Internet

Between 1361 and 1369 the younger Boccaccio paid the older Petrarch two visits. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms