ENGL 3113W Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Petrarch, Petrarchan Sonnet, Sprezzatura
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Review of petrarchanism: discussed last week to compare and contrast how thomas wyatt and. Earl surrey had adapted petrarch"s style into their poems. Sonnet: 14 line poem rhymed [8/6 lines, 3 of 4 lines + couplet] Metaphor (like)/ simile (as)/ personification (non-human to human) Blank verse: we looked at the fourth book of vigil on page 669. We found it was in pentameter: five beats per line. And that blank verse imitates petrarch"s style as well. Genre: they have a form and a structure. Tragedy, play, comedy, drama, epic (usually under poetry), prose fiction, poetry (lyric). Thomas wyatt was known for anti-court satire. (lyric) mode can be used to: diminish an enemy targeted by artful verbal means. On page 659, wyatt wrote mine own john poins in plain language. On page 658, one can see that wyatt"s who list his wealth and ease retain displays more courtly language. Life in the renaissance and the construction of the self;
