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Petrarch Definition

Pe·trarch (trärk′)

(It. name Francesco Petrarca) 1304-74; It. lyric poet & scholar

Petrarch Quotes

I am a free man, I do not need to copy Petrarch or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, without artifice,Igotowork and earnmy living, my well- being, and my fame.What do Ineedmore? Witha goose quill and a few sheets of paper I mock the universe.

—Aretino, Pietro