AG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Spenserian Stanza, Oreb And Zeeb, Platonic Love
21 Jul 2020
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Session 4: early modern poetry: the sixteenth century, the petrarchan tradition and the rise of the english sonnet. Courtier: spends much of his time at court + acts as companion/friend/adviser to the king/queen. Wyatt and howard are credited for introducing the sonnet to england (courtiers of. Henry viii) revolutionized the art of poetry in england. Henry"s court strongly influenced by renaissance humanism. Great flourishing of the arts under henry viii. Wyatt was appointed henry"s ambassador: traveled in continental europe; time in. Italy influenced his writing; translated and imitated poems of italian writers, especially petrarch. Wyatt brought the sonnet form to england by translating petrarch"s sonnet. Petrarch (1304-74), sonnet 140 from rime sparse (and modern day literal translation) Italian sonnet: 2 quatrains (octave/octet) with the same rhyming syllables, 2 tercets (sestet) with the same rhyming syllables, break/volta in between in terms of rhyme scheme + content.
