ITA332H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 7 Women, Beautiful Creature, Seeking Refuge
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Theme: laura"s physical beauty itemized: the gold of her hair, the colour of roses on her cheeks, the pearly white of her teeth. Written on the 20th anniversary of meeting laura. Sonnet 292 (263 onwards in the collection, laura is dead) Laura is now dust: the poet"s reflection that laura is now dead curling locks, her angelic smile. (e"s also different because he"s a poet who writes on her. (e"s better know because righteous love ennobles him. Never have an itemized list of what beatrice in dante"s work resembles. His reason to write poetry is dead says his soul will finish here because he has nothing left. Enables us to feel closer to petrarch because we can envision laura. Paradox: still sings her praises and is aware that he should not do that very thing. Laura is love, poetry, worldly fame and glory.
