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... sonnet is a short poem or song , of which the main theme is love . It had been well known in Italy since the fourteenth century , when Petrarch wrote Construc- his famous sonnets to " Laura , " and was pro- Sonnet . bably introduced ...
... sonnet is a short poem or song , of which the main theme is love . It had been well known in Italy since the fourteenth century , when Petrarch wrote Construc- his famous sonnets to " Laura , " and was pro- Sonnet . bably introduced ...
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... sonnet in Italian , by Peter de Vinea , in the thirteenth century , made use of this arrange- ment , as did also Petrarch in some of his early sonnets . final couplet is also , though rarely , used in the Italian sonnet . Some of the ...
... sonnet in Italian , by Peter de Vinea , in the thirteenth century , made use of this arrange- ment , as did also Petrarch in some of his early sonnets . final couplet is also , though rarely , used in the Italian sonnet . Some of the ...
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... Sonnets It is still an open question whether the sonnets of Sidney were the result of a real passion for Penelope Devereux , or whether he simply , according to the conven- tional fashion of the time , used her name as an object for ...
... Sonnets It is still an open question whether the sonnets of Sidney were the result of a real passion for Penelope Devereux , or whether he simply , according to the conven- tional fashion of the time , used her name as an object for ...
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