This author claimed that "This sleep of forgetfulness will not last forever" in the conclusion to a long work that includes the death of Magone and the suicide of Sophonisba.
This author claimed that "This sleep of forgetfulness will not last forever" in the conclusion to a long work that includes the death of Magone and the suicide of Sophonisba. He expressed a "hope to find pity, and forgiveness" between "vain hope and vain sadness" in the first entry in a 366-poem collection of "scattered (*) rhymes". He was crowned the first modern poet laureate on the strength of works like On Illustrious Men and the epic poem Africa. This man codified a poetic form consisting of an eight-line octave followed by a six-line sestet. For 10 points, identify this namesake of the Italian sonnet, a poet whose Canzoniere describes his love for Laura.
This author claimed that "This sleep of forgetfulness will not last forever" in the conclusion to a long work that includes the death of Magone and the suicide of Sophonisba.
Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca]