This man wrote "Virtue will take up arms against savagery" in a poem addressed to his country, which ends "Peace, peace, peace!"
This man wrote "Virtue will take up arms against savagery" in a poem addressed to his country, which ends "Peace, peace, peace!" He acquired the Palazzo Molina by agreeing to donate his massive personal library to Venice and wrote a letter to his old confessor upon ascending Mount Ventoux. He was crowned as the first modern poet laureate on the strength of his epic about the Punic War, (*) Africa. He wrote that the "Sun's rays turned pale with grief for his Maker" on a certain Good Friday in a collection addressed to "You who hear the sound of scattered rhymes". Division into an octave and a sestet marks his namesake sonnet form. For 10 points, name this early humanist, an Italian poet whose collection Canzoniere expresses his love for Laura.
This man wrote "Virtue will take up arms against savagery" in a poem addressed to his country, which ends "Peace, peace, peace!"
Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca]