Robin Hamilton wrote:
>> the mechanism of long division is at the fore, sort of the way 8/6
>> lines, blank-verse, etc. is at the fore in Petrarchian sonnets.
>
> Bob, *please tell me you didn't mean to say this -- blank verse as a
> feature of a Petrarchan ["Petrarchian"?] sonnet.
The odd thing is that I've been getting much more sleep lately than is
usual for me.
>
> (And if you're thinking about the *tradition of abbaabba cdecde
> sonnets, rather than those specifically written by Petrarch himself,
> you really should use the term "Petrarchist". It's a useful
> distinction when it comes to defining 14 line poems of A Certain Sort.
> <g>)
I think I'd should go with Italian. For some reason, "Petrarchist"
doesn't work for me. I do see your point about "Petrarchian," but it's
balanced by "Shakespearean."
--Bob
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