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Love Object Type Typical Petrarchan Sonnet Compared Wyatt

Front What type of love is typical of a petrarchan sonnet? (compared with Wyatt) x4
Back •courtly love, celebration woman's beauty => the object (Not idealised as emphaises forbidden love)
•presented as battle ground where men pursued object of affection, but suffered as advance was spurned
•Complaining about suffering from love commonly used by Petrarch himself
•Love is painful and challenging but infinitely rewarding

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