Through the sonnet form, Shakespeare and Petrarch both address the theme of love, but there are key contrasts in their style, structure, and how each approaches their topics. Furthermore, in “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare, in fact, parodies Petrarch's style and thoughts as his narrator describes his lover, whose “eyes are in no wise like the sun” (Shakespeare 1918). Through his English poetry, Shakespeare seems to mock the exaggerated descriptions prevalent throughout Petrarch's work, describing the speaker's love in terms that are characteristic of a flawed woman and not a goddess. On the other hand, retracing "Sonnet 292" of the Canzoniere, through "Introduction to literature and the arts", one immediately perceives that Petrarca's work is full of symbolism. However, Petrarch's use of likeness and romanticization of Petrarch's female subject are normal for the Petrarchan style. The main contrast between the two poems is revealed in the difference in structure of their passages. Petrarch's "Sonnet 292" is composed in the Italian poetic 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. Although some rhyme remains after the interpretation of the text from Italian, it does not provide a correct representation of the definitive complexity of Petrarch's work and message found in the original Italian form of the sonnet (McLaughlin). The......medium 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": Petrarca and courtly love." ReoCitiie. Np, nd Web. November 22. 2013. .