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How many poems in the Canzoniere concern Laura after her death?

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Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand. — Petrarch Petrarch, engraving.

In his Canzoniere, the Italian poet Petrarch divided his collection into two distinct parts to reflect his spiritual and emotional journey. The second section, titled Rime in morte di Laura ("Poems After Laura’s Death"), contains 103 poems that concern his beloved following her passing in 1348.12