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Q. Whenever Petrarch saw Laura, something strange happened. He would:
Trip over his own feet
Kiss her hand
Forget where he was
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Q. Why don't we get a good picture of Laura in this poem?
She wouldn't sit still.
Petrarch uses images rather than direct description.
Petrarch doesn't want us to get caught up in her beauty.
It was considered indecent to describe a woman too closely in the fourteenth century.
Q. Petrarch is fond of what literary device in his praises of Laura?
hyperbole
ekphrasis
onomatopoeia
leitotes
Q. What is Petrarch's great plan to win Laura's affections and prayers?
Write her some excellent poems
Cozy up to her father
Die from lovesickness
Send troubadours to her house
Q. Petrarch finds one thing that brings him peace. What is it?
Laura's hanky
A grassy bank
Writing bad poetry
Walking