Shakespeare and Petrarch, two poets famous for their contributions on the question of love, both address the topic of their work through the sonnet, but there are contrasts key in their style, structure, and the way each approaches their topics. Furthermore, it is clear that in "Sonnet 130" Shakespeare actually parodies Petrarch's style and thoughts as his narrator describes his lover, whose "eyes are in no wise like the sun" (Shakespeare 1918). Shakespeare seems, by all accounts, to mock the exaggerated descriptions expanded throughout Petrarch's piece by providing an English poem that describes the speaker's love in terms that are characteristic of a flawed woman and not a goddess. On the other hand, Petrarch's work is full of symbolism. In the review of "Sonnet 292" of the Canzoniere, through "Introduction to literature and the arts", Petrarch's use of likeness and romanticization of Petrarch's female subject are normal for Petrarch's work. The main contrast between the two poems is the piece structure used (McLaughlin). Petrarch's "Sonnet 292" is composed in the Italian poetry structure of 14 lines comprising an octave of eight lines. It also contains a six-line sextet. The fundamental characteristic of the structure of Petrarchan's poem is the two-part structure. To achieve this, the author divides the eight-line octave into two four-line stanzas and the sestina into two three-line stanzas. This structure takes into account the improvement of two parts of the subject, broadening the point of view of the piece. Even if after the interpretation of the text from the Italian some rhyming plot remains, it does not provide the correct representation of the definitive complexity of Petrarca's work, indispensable to convey its disorder... middle of paper... .de to world literature. Ed. Lesley Henderson. 2nd ed. New York: St. James, 1995. Page No. Literary Resource Center. Network. 22 November 2013. .Petrarca, Francesco. “Sonnet 90”. The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. 8th edition, vol. 1. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006. 1905. Print Shakespeare, William. "Sonnet 130." The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. 8th edition, vol. 1. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006. 1918. PrintSteele, Felicia Jean. "Shakespeare's SONNET 130." Explainer 62.3 (2004): 132-137. Academic research completed. Network. 22 November 2013.""Wounded by an arrow of love": Petrarch and courtly love." ReoCitiie. Np, nd Web. November 22. 2013. .