Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca, 1304–74, Italian poet and scholar.
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How to use Petrarch in a sentence
Perhaps it sounded more forceful in the language of Dante and Petrarch, but fair enough.
The centenary of Petrarch celebrated at Avignon in 1874 tended to emphasize the importance and the glory of the new literature.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerPetrarch, speaking of her and her young husband surrounded by Hungarians, refers to them as two lambs among wolves.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThe climate of Avignon, though so strangely inveighed against by Petrarch, is at once healthy and salubrious.
Petrarch was truly an original; I know no one to whom he can be compared.
We next visited the convent of St. Claire, where Petrarch first beheld his mistress.
British Dictionary definitions for Petrarch
/ (ˈpɛtrɑːk) /
Italian name Francesco Petrarca. 1304–74, Italian lyric poet and scholar, who greatly influenced the values of the Renaissance. His collection of poems Canzoniere, inspired by his ideal love for Laura, was written in the Tuscan dialect. He also wrote much in Latin, esp the epic poem Africa (1341) and the Secretum (1342), a spiritual self-analysis
Derived forms of Petrarch
- Petrarchan, adjective
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