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In seven pages this paper provides an analysis of the poet’s style, compares text similarities, discusses relevant literary devices, and explores Shakespeare’s literary characteristics. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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to 13th century Italy and it was scholar and poet Francesco Petrarch who was responsible for popularizing the genre (Johnston). It was Petrarch who developed its structure and content.
Structurally speaking, the Petrarchan sonnet was comprised of fourteen lines and two distinctive parts (Johnston). The opening portion consisted of eight lines or an octet that involved a
question with an answer of six lines or a sestet to close (Johnston). The rhyme scheme of rigidly established abbaabba cdecde and the Petrarchan sonnets featured effusive declarations of
unrequited love for the mysterious and elusive Laura (Johnston). Laura represented the ideal of womanhood, perfection in every way. Not surprisingly, as with every popular trend, there was the
inevitable backlash against the Petrarchan sonnet that began around the time of Shakespeare. The resulting "anti-Petrarchan" sonnets focused upon women who were the antithesis of the pure and virtuous
Laura (Johnston). These women were mistresses of deception and will manipulate situations to their own advantage in oftentimes-immoral ways (Johnston). The Petrarchan form intrigued William Shakespeare, and his
early sonnets are essentially faithful in terms of content. However, he deviated from the conventional rhyme scheme that characterized these sonnets. While he adhered to Petrarchs use of
fourteen lines, Shakespeare constructed sonnets containing three quatrains and a couplet. His predominant rhyme scheme was abab cdcd efef gg. Three of the Bards most famous sonnets -
18, 130, and 73 - reveal Shakespeares evolution from a Petrarch follower to the preeminent sonneteer of the Elizabethan Age. The sonnets "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day,"
"My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun," and "That Time of Year Thou Mayest in Me Behold" each deal with human emotions of love and death or finality while
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