 In Italy, Petrarch developed the sonnet form pioneered by Giacomo da Lentini and Dante's "Vita Nuova".In 1327, according to the poet, the sight of a woman called Laura in the church of Sainte-Claire d'Avignon awoke in him a lasting passion, celebrated in the "Rime sparse" ("Scattered rhymes").Later, Renaissance poets who copied Petrarch's style named this collection of 366 poems "Il Canzoniere" ("The Song Book").