January 31st, 2010 4:14 pm
Who is the Renaissance Italian poet whose sonnets were so popular i Shakespheres day? Were studying about Romeo + Juliet and i need help in this question.
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January 31, 2010 at 11:03 pm
It is Petrarch, whose name is quoted in Romeo and Juliet. He wrote a series of sonnets called Canzoniere that established the literary codes for love poetry in Europe.