Fragments of Vernacular Matters

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Fragments of Vernacular Matters is an English title commonly used for Petrarch’s influential Italian lyric collection "Rerum vulgarium fragmenta," a cornerstone of Renaissance poetry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance literature work
lyric poetry collection
poetry collection
alsoKnownAs Canzoniere NERFINISHED
Songbook
approximateEndOfComposition c. 1370s
approximateStartOfComposition c. 1330s
author Francesco Petrarca NERFINISHED
centralTheme fame and glory
religious devotion
spiritual conflict
time and mortality
unrequited love
countryOfOrigin Italy
genre Renaissance poetry
love poetry
lyric poetry
hasEnglishTitle Fragments of Common Matters NERFINISHED
Fragments of Vernacular Matters NERFINISHED
Fragments of Vernacular Things NERFINISHED
hasPart ballata
canzone
madrigal
sestina
sonnet
influenced European love sonnet tradition
Garcilaso de la Vega NERFINISHED
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey NERFINISHED
Pierre de Ronsard NERFINISHED
Renaissance lyric poetry
Thomas Wyatt NERFINISHED
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
literaryForm sequence of vernacular lyrics
literaryMovement Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Laura NERFINISHED
metricalForm Italian sonnet
Petrarchan sonnet NERFINISHED
narrativeForm lyric sequence
notableFeature codification of the Petrarchan sonnet model
psychological introspection
use of refined Tuscan vernacular
numberOfPoems 366
originalLanguage Italian
originalTitle Rerum vulgarium fragmenta NERFINISHED
periodOfComposition 14th century
structure ordered sequence of poems
subjectMatter idealized beloved
inner life of the poet
personal emotions

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Rerum vulgarium fragmenta titleTranslation Fragments of Vernacular Matters