ITA200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lyric Poetry, Sestina, Petrarch
27 Oct 2016
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It"s a closed form, meaning it can be subject to change. It"s a non-articulate form; referring to the metrical structure: there are (cid:883)(cid:883) syllable lines: the letter doesn"t only indicate the rhyme, it indicates an. Those are the very same letters that are repeated in the same line. Has 6 word rhymes, it has 6 lines in each stanza and has 6 stanzas entire word: 6. Has another type of sestina called sestina doppia: it is doubled. It has 12 stanzas with 12 rhyming scheme. The theme is provencal, but it is more liberal; it is erotically inclined. This poem is more relaxed compared to other poems we"ve read. The letters have to have a certain symbolic level: the words terra, sole, giorno, stele, selva, alba are all charged, the poet is comparing himself with animals. Indicates two things: the poet is lonely. The solitude and confession of the poet is a main theme of.
